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of folk that are thoroughly perplexed, they began to grumble at the
hobbit, blaming him for what had at first so pleased them: for bringing
away a cup and stirring up Smaugs wrath so soon.
What else do you suppose a burglar is to do? asked Bilbo angrily.
I was not engaged to kill dragons, that is warriors work, but to steal
treasure. I made the best beginning I could. Did you expect me to trot
back with the whole hoard of Thror on my back? If there is any grumbling
to be done, I think I might have a say. You ought to have brought five
hundred burglars not one. I am sure it reflects great credit on your
grandfather, but you cannot pretend that you ever made the vast extent
of his wealth clear to me. I should want hundreds of years to bring it
all up, if I was fifty times as big, and Smaug as tame as a rabbit.
After that of course the dwarves begged his pardon.