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friendship in those parts between elves and dwarves and men. The old
Master had come to a bad end. Bard had given him much gold for the help
of the Lake-people, but being of the kind that easily catches such
disease he fell under the dragon-sickness, and took most of the gold and
fled with it, and died of starvation in the Waste, deserted by his
companions. The new Master is of wiser kind, said Balin, and very
popular, for, of course, he gets most of the credit for the present
prosperity. They are making songs which say that in his day the rivers
run with gold. Then the prophecies of the old songs have turned out to
be true, after a fashion! said Bilbo.
Of course! said Gandalf. And why should not they prove true?
Surely you dont disbelieve the prophecies, because you had a hand in
bringing them about yourself? You dont really suppose, do you, that all