believe the party of the night before had not been part of his bad
     Indeed he was really relieved after all to think that they had all
gone without him, and without bothering to wake him up (“but with
never a thank-you” he thought); and yet in a way he could not help
feeling just a trifle disappointed. The feeling surprised him.
     “Don’t be a fool, Bilbo Baggins!” he said to himself, “thinking of
dragons and all that outlandish nonsense at your age!” So be put on an
apron, lit fires, boiled water, and washed up. Then he had a nice
little breakfast in the kitchen before turning out the dining-room. By
that time the sun was shining; and the front door was open, letting in
a warm spring breeze. Bilbo began to whistle loudly and to forget
about the night before. In fact he was just sitting down to a nice
little second breakfast in the dining-room by the open window, when in
walked Gandalf. “My dear fellow,” said he, “whenever are you going to
come? What about an early start?- and here you are having breakfast,
or whatever you call it, at half past ten! They left you the message,
because they could not wait.”
     
     “Great Elephants!” said Gandalf, “you are not at all yourself this
morning-you have never dusted the mantel- piece!”