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way.
Anyway, Bingo had lived at Bag-end Underhill now for some
[16 >] 33 years without giving any scandal. His parties were
sometimes a bit noisy, perhaps, but hobbits don't mind that kind
of noise now and again. He spent his money freely and mostly
locally. Now the neighbourhood understood that he was planning
something quite unusual in the way of parties. Naturally their
memories awoke and their tongues wagged, and Bingo's wealth
was again guessed and re-calculated at every fireside. Indeed the
magnificence of the preparations quite overshadowed the tales of
the old folk about his father's vanishments.
'After all,' as old Gaffer Gamgee of Bagshot Row (7) remarked,
'them goings-on are old affairs and over; this here party is going to
happen this very month as is.' It was early September and as fine
as you could wish. Somebody started a rumour about fireworks.
Very soon it was accepted that there were going to be fireworks
such as had not been seen for over a century, not since the Old
Took died.

It is interesting to see the figures III and 33 emerging, though afterwards
they would be differently achieved: here, Bilbo was r x i when he left the
Shire, and Bingo lived on at Bag End for 33 years before his farewell
party; afterwards, r x z was Bilbo's age at the time of the party - when it
had become his party again - and 33 Bingo's (Frodo's) age at the same
time.
In this passage we also see the emergence of a very important piece of
topography and toponymy': Buckland, the Brandywine, and the Old
Forest. For the names first written here see note 5.

For the account in this version of the preparations for the Party,
the Party itself, and its immediate aftermath, my father followed the
emended second version (pp. 19 - 25) extremely closely, adding a detail
here and there, but for the most part doing little more than copy it out
(and of course changing 'Bilbo' to 'Bingo' where necessary). I give here a
list of interesting - though mostly extremely minor - shifts in the new
narrative. The page references are to those of the second version.

(20 - 1) 'B under a crown' on the waggon driven by Men becomes 'B
painted in yellow', and 'B' was emended on the text to 'D' (i.e.
'Dale').

When the Men came down the Hill again, it is added that 'the
elves and dwarves did not return', and 'the draught of cooks'

who arrived were 'to supplement the elves and dwarves (who
seemed to be staying at Bag-end and doing a lot of mysterious
work)'.

The notice refusing admittance on the door of Bag End now
appears, and 'a special entrance was cut in the bank leading to