J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

Already he was a very different hobbit from the one that had run out without a pocket-handkerchief from Bag-End long ago. He had not had a pocket-handkerchief for ages.

J. R. R. Tolkien

• Hobbit
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• Already he was a very different hobbit from the one that had run out without a pocket-handkerchief from Bag-End long ago. He had not had a pocket-handkerchief for ages.

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Hobbit
  • Long Ago
  • Pocket-handkerchief