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Originally Posted by pyan  I can just imagine the Thain and the Master of Buckland trying to squeeze into their old mail-shirts for the trip........Not as if you can really let them out a bit, either.....  |
Hmmm. None too easily, no.....
And I'd agree that was also a part of it; that they (like Bilbo) wanted to "see mountains again", as it were, and that they were -- being conscientious (another thing learned on their journey) -- caught up in taking care of things in the Shire for a long while, as well....