-Buzz-

: I believe you're correct. Quite an oversight on my part. I believe Ted Sandyman is first introduced while dicussing events of the Shire with a small gathering including Samwise Hamfast at *The Ivy Bush* in "The Fellowship of the Ring."

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: : I don't remember a miller in the Hobbit.

: : I liked the names for the lawyers. Burrowes, Burrouwes, and Grubb. Not quit as obvious as Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.

: : A lot of the elves seem alike to me. They are always so lofty and noble.