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“Where might I find the burrow known as Bag End?” Thorin demanded. All the time he’d wasted traversing the confusing roads of the Shire made him irritable, and it showed.

The hobbit shot Thorin a horrified look, as though the dwarf prince had insulted the hobbit’s entire lineage. Thorin was extremely tempted to do just that if they couldn’t point him in the right direction.

“B-Bag End, you say?” the hobbit stammered. “Oh no no no, you don’t want to go there Master Dwarf. That place is cursed!”

Beast of Bagshot Row – Chapter 1