Just a Glance

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=150 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="005dba33.gif"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.frodolivesin.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.frodolivesin.us"><U><IMG SRC="006ef530.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="83" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >|    </FONT>back to  <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Fellowship of the Ring"><U><B>The Fellowship of the Ring</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Life of the Party"><U>Life of the Party</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Guy Thing?"><U>A Guy Thing?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Packing"><U>Packing</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Anything Unnatural"><U>Anything Unnatural</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bree Gate"><U>Bree Gate</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Weathertop"><U>Weathertop</U></A>   |   <B>Just a Glance</B>   |   <A HREF="id9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Two Ringbearers"><U>Two Ring-bearers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Few Shots from the Extended Edition"><U>A Few Shots from the Extended Edition</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mithril"><U>Mithril</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What New Devilry Is This?"><U>"What New Devilry Is This?"</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id13.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Where Did That Come From? 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And this priceless shirt has an extremely practical purpose.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>To Frodo, I think, it's a reminder of danger, but also offers hope of being protected from it.  And if he's anything like book-Frodo, he's learned to read Bilbo's love "between the lines," since Bilbo's never able to speak it, and that would be happening here.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="57acd330.jpg" border=0 width="717" height="307" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="57bce330.jpg" border=0 width="718" height="307" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(And it </B><I><B>is </B></I><B>a pretty thing.)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="57dcd2f0.jpg" border=0 width="717" height="303" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id52_m.htm" TITLE="Just a Glance"><U><B><IMG SRC="0487d3c0.jpg" border=0 width="125" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>The background on this page is from the view through Bilbo's window. </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>