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“Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?鈥� asked Merry after a while. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know how you feel with small rag-tag dangling behind you; but the rag-tag is tired and will be glad to stop dangling and lie down.鈥�
鈥淪o you heard that?鈥� said Gandalf. 鈥淒on鈥檛 let it rankle! Be thankful no longer words were aimed at you. He had his eyes on you. If it is any comfort to your pride, I should say that, at the moment, you and Pippin are more in his thoughts than the rest of us. Who you are; how you came here, and why; what you know; whether you were captured, and if so, how you escaped when all the orcs perished鈥攊t is with those little riddles that the great mind of Saruman is troubled. A sneer from him, Meriadoc, is a compliment, if you feel honoured by his concern.鈥�
鈥淭hank you!鈥� said Merry. 鈥淏ut it is a greater honour to dangle at your tail, Gandalf. For one thing, in that position one has a chance of putting a question a second time. Are we riding far tonight?鈥�
Gandalf laughed. 鈥淎 most unquenchable hobbit! All wizards should have a hobbit or two in their care鈥攖o teach them the meaning of the world, and to correct them.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers