the nearer edge even in the spring. There far away was the Lonely
Mountain on the edge of eyesight. On its highest peak snow yet
     “So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!” said
Bilbo, and he turned his back on his adventure. The Tookish part was
getting very tired, and the Baggins was daily getting stronger. “I
wish now only to be in my own arm-chair!” he said.
     

     Chapter 19
     The Last Stage
     

     It was on May the First that the two came back at last to the brink of
the valley of Rivendell, where stood the Last (or the First) Homely
House.
     Again it was evening, their ponies were tired, especially the one that
carried the baggage; and they all felt in need of rest. As they rode
down the steep path, Bilbo heard the elves still singing in the trees,
as if they had not stopped since he left; and as soon as their riders
came down into the lower glades of the wood they burst into a song of