"A Long-Expected Party" (III)

Not many details are we given about what is going on in Hobbiton these days, only that all the preparations for the Big Day continue. Here, today, on this day of this Fourth Age, a month ago my Blusqui passed. I think he had fallen in love with Nati and wanted to go with her. Both are now with Misi and with Daphne, the little laurel tree. Till we meet again, all of us.

BOOK I. Chapter I. "A Long-Expected Party" (I)

The opening paragraph is now so familiar that it now seems unreal that the first time I read this book it was not in English, but in Spanish.

The feeling, however, is the same: the anticipation, the cozy setting and, above all, the mystery surrounding Gandalf. From the very beginning it became a magnet and has remained my favourite character. I pictured him so easily in my mind that, even though now I have so many images of him, I can still recollect my original Gandalf. But I'm not there yet. I have just been listening to all the gossip surrounding Bilbo's and Frodo's background and I'm looking forward to the party. But I have to stop at "That very month was September, and as fine as you could ask."

Princesse, Blusqui. This entry is dedicated to you both.