Hopper Don Quixote on Horseback

Hopper Don Quixote on HorsebackHopper Compartment C, Car 193Hopper Coast Guard Station, Two Lights, MaineHopper Church in Eastham
of the Great Sea. This is indeed a strange chance!’The hobbits sat in shadow by the wayside. Before long the welcome your company.’‘But we have no need of other company, and hobbits are so dull,’ they laughed. ‘And how do you know that we go the same way as you, for you do not know whither we are going?’‘And how do you know my name?’ asked Frodo in return.‘We know many things,’ they said. ‘We have seen you often before with Bilbo, though you may not have seen us.’‘Who are you, and who is your lord?’ asked Frodo.‘I am Gildor,’ answered their leader, the Elf who had first hailed him. ‘Gildor Inglorion Elves came down the lane towards the valley. They passed slowly, and the hobbits could see the starlight glimmering on their hair and in their eyes. They bore no lights, yet as they walked a shimmer, like the light of the moon above the rim of the hills before it rises, seemed to fall about their feet. They were now silent, and as the last Elf passed he turned and looked towards the hobbits and laughed.‘Hail, Frodo!’ he cried. ‘You are abroad late. Or are you perhaps lost?’ Then he called aloud to the others, and all the company stopped and gathered round.‘This is indeed wonderful!’ they said. ‘Three hobbits in a wood at night! We have not seen such a thing since Bilbo went away. What is the meaning of it?’‘The meaning of it, fair people,’ said Frodo, ‘is simply that we seem to be going the same way as you are. I like walking under the stars. But I would