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What does Gandalf mean by “twice now”?
As many times as I have read The Hobbit, I have always been a little puzzled by an expression Gandalf uses right at the beginning.
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How does the ’Moot count “twice”? |
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03-14-2015, 12:43 AM | #2 |
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Because by then (the second having just happened - after Gandalf already said he would give it), Bilbo had twice said, "I beg your pardon." So - Gandalf grants his pardon, giving Bilbo what he asked for twice!
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03-15-2015, 02:59 AM | #4 |
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It took me a while to figure out what Gandalf meant, too, when I first read it!
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