The First Great Tolkien Epic - Analysing the Greatest Fairy-Story Ever Written - The Bombur Problem & Spider-Invasion

The Bombur Problem

“They were still standing over him, cursing their ill luck, and Bombur’s clumsiness, and lamenting the loss of the boat which made it impossible for them to go back and look for the hart, when they became aware of the dim blowing of horns in the wood and the sound as of dogs baying far off. Then they all fell silent; and as they sat it…