POV – Bilbo
In which the travelers set out for home, a weasel is found at the Badger, words are said, meanings are tangled, Frodo is shocked (as usual), and we finally meet the Widow Grubb.
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Bilbo is revolted at Frodo’s treatment by their kin and in a mood for payback. It is the moment he decides to get engaged with Shire politics as he did not when he returned from his adventure.
POV – Frodo
In which Frodo learns some limits, exceeds others, and understands that there are some he never wishes to approach.
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Frodo has had it with his Buckland relatives and with the bullshit they are serving up.
Continue reading Ch. 21 – Boundaries
POV – Bilbo
In which Bilbo ponders miracles, stone, pride, loyalty, death, politics, prostitution, and honesty, and places a price on each.
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Bilbo is getting tired of his relatives’ idiocy, particularly as it pertains to Frodo.
POV – Frodo
In which Frodo bids many cousins farewell, Gilda resists a great temptation, Rory does as the Master should, and Frodo finally finds his way home.
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It’s been a rough trip and it’s not over, but Frodo has begun thinking of himself as a Baggins, not a Brandybuck.
Anglachel 