[ He doesn't seem mad, at least, and Sam's shoulders sag in relief. He doesn't want to be the one to give Bilbo away, even this long after it had all happened. ]

Oh yes! Why there's not a child in the Westfarthing what hasn't heard of Mr. Bilbo's adventures with the dwarves. As for quiet, why I wouldn't ever have said so: there's always something going on in Hobbiton, and always those willing to tell you just what it is, and who it's happened to, or because of. But there's nothing that compares to Mr. Bilbo's stories of course; and nothing compared to anything I've seen, from the moment we set foot in the Old Forest!