The Hobbit JR Tolkien - Mr Collins

Then they went back, and found Thorinwith his feet on the fender smoking a pipe.He was blowing the most enormoussmoke-rings, and wherever he told one togo, it went—up the chimney, or behind theclock on the mantelpiece, or under thetable, or round and round the ceiling; butwherever it went it was not quick enoughto escape Gandalf. Pop! he sent a smallersmoke-ring from his short clay-pipestraight through each one of Thorin’s.Then Gandalf’s smoke-ring would gogreen and come back to hover over thewizard’s head. He had a cloud of themabout him already, and in the dim light itmade him look strange and sorcerous.Bilbo stood still and watched—he lovedsmoke-rings—and then he blushed to thinkhow proud he had been yesterday morning