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z. At this point my father wrote at first:
Twice before this he had been a matter of local news: a rare
achievement for a Baggins. The first time was when he was left an
orphan, when barely forty years old, by the untimely death of his
father and mother (in a boating accident). The second time was
more remarkable.
Such a fate in store for Bungo Baggins and his wife seems most
improbable in the light of the words of the first chapter of The Hobbit:
Not that Belladonna Took ever had any adventures after she
became Mrs Bungo Baggins. Bungo, that was Bilbo's father, built
the most luxurious hobbit-hole for her... and there they remained
to the end of their days.

They seem an unlikely couple to have gone 'fooling about with boats',
in Gaffer Gamgee's phrase, and his recognition of this was no doubt
the reason why my father immediately struck the passage out; but the
boating accident was not forgotten, and it became the fate of (Rollo
Bolger >) Drogo Baggins and his Brandybuck wife, Primula, for
whom it was a less improbable end (see p. 37) -

3. At this stage only 20 years separated Bilbo's adventure in?he Hobbit
and his farewell party, and my father clearly intended the B on the
waggon to stand for Bard, King of Dale. Later, when the years had
been greatly lengthened out, it would be Bain son of Bard who ruled
in Dale at this time.
4. In the original Hobbit Gandalf at his first appearance was described as
'a little old man', but afterwards the word 'little' was removed. See

P- 315.
5. The single tree in the field below Bag End was already in the
illustration of Hobbiton that appeared as the frontispiece to The
Hobbit, as also were Bilbo's kitchen-garden and the hobbit-holes of
Bagshot Row (though that name first appears here).
6. September 20th was the date of Bilbo's birthday in the first version
(p. 16).
7. Prospero Brandybuck was first written Orlando Brandybuck, the
second bearer of the name: in the list of Bilbo's gifts in the first
version (p. 17 note 5) Gorboduc Grubb had been changed to Orlando
Grubb.
8. A very similar passage, indicating the outraged comments of the
guests, was added to the manuscript of the original draft at this point,
but it was Inigo Grubb-Took who shouted 'Where is he now,
anyway?' It was the greedy Inigo Grubb-Took who received the
dinner-service (p. 15), and in this respect he survived into the third
version of the chapter.
9. a small ring: emended from his famous ring.

I have given this text in full, since taken together with the first it provides
a basis of reference in describing those that follow, from which only
extracts are given; but it will be seen that the Party - the preparations for