The Hobbit JR Tolkien - Mr Collins

“Ha, ha!” came a cry. “Here’s the oldvillain with his head on a jug! He’s beenhaving a little feast all to himself and hisfriend the captain.”“Shake him! Wake him!” shouted theothers impatiently.Galion was not at all pleased at beingshaken or wakened, and still less at beinglaughed at. “You’re all late,” he grumbled.“Here am I waiting and waiting downhere, while you fellows drink and makemerry and forget your tasks. Small wonderif I fall asleep from weariness!”“Small wonder,” said they, “when theexplanation stands close at hand in a jug!Come give us a taste of your sleepingdraughtbefore we fall to! No need towake the turnkey yonder. He has had hisshare by the looks of it.”