The Hobbit JR Tolkien - Mr Collins

wizard to the dwarves; “and when I callor whistle begin to come after me—youwill see the way I go—but only in pairs,mind, about five minutes between eachpair of you. Bombur is fattest and will dofor two, he had better come alone and last.Come on Mr. Baggins! There is a gatesomewhere round this way.” And with thathe went off along the hedge taking thefrightened hobbit with him.They soon came to a wooden gate, highand broad, beyond which they could seegardens and a cluster of low woodenbuildings, some thatched and made ofunshaped logs: barns, stables, sheds, and along low wooden house. Inside on thesouthward side of the great hedge wererows and rows of hives with bell-shapedtops made of straw. The noise of the giant