Good gracious me.
I am a gentlehobbit! Just because I happen to be careful about my person and my things, which happen to be very valuable, as most of these belong to my mother and there are heirlooms from my father as well…. well, I never heard such ridiculous balderdash. I understand that to be called “effeminate” while being a male seems to be an insult though I’ve never seen the point of getting huffy over it. Seems to be a ridiculous waste of one’s time to me.
My mother was a wonderful hobbit lady and I have a number of Aunts and Cousins who’d clout a fellow for implying that being female indicates weakness and rightly so.
And as for your other question, well, good gracious, again, that is a gentlehobbit’s private business, thank you and I’ll also thank any nosy folk (that means you, Fili and Kili!) to keep their big dwarven noses out of it!
- Bilbo Baggins
