Gandalf thought the Bilbo Baggins, to be a suitable
companion for Thorin and his Dwarves for their quest to Lonely Mountain, for a
number of reasons, however the Dwarves needed some persuasion.
“The Hobbit that I have in mind has ornaments of gold, and
eats with silver tools, and drinks wine out of shapely crystal. ‘Ah! I see your
drift at last’, said Balin. ‘He is a thief, then? That is why you recommend
him?’ At than I fear I lost my temper and my caution. The Dwarvish conceit that
one can have or make anything of value save themselves, and that all the fine
things in other hands must have been got, if not stolen, from the Dwarfs at
some time, was more than I could stand at the moment…the Dwarfs must bend their
stiff necks.”
The Quest of Erebor, Unfinished Tales.
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