![]() The surface meaning, of course, is part of the books’ constant insistence that hobbits in general, and Bilbo and Frodo in particular, are more than they seem. It’s always struck me as an odd thing for him to say. What does Gandalf mean when he says “There is more about you than meets the eye”? ‘There is more about you than meets the eye, as I said of him long ago.’ Frodo wondered if the remark meant more than it said.” “’Well, it did not skewer me, I am glad to say,’ said Frodo ‘though I feel as if I had been caught between a hammer and an anvil.’ He said no more. ![]() “Mr Baggins has more about him than you guess.” He gave Bilbo a queer look from under his busy eyebrows, as he said this, and the hobbit wondered if he guessed at the part of his tale that he had left out.” ![]() ![]() “What did I tell you?” said Gandalf laughing. “The dwarves looked at him with quite a new respect, when he talked about dodging guards, jumping over Gollum, and squeezing through, as if it was not very difficult or very alarming. ![]()
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