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Those lands had changed much since the days when dwarves dwelt in the Mountain, days which most people now remembered only as a very shadowy tradition. They had changed even in recent years, and since the last news that Gandalf had had of them. Great floods and rains had swollen the waters that flowed east; and there had been an earthquake or two (which some were inclined to attribute to the dragon — alluding to him chiefly with a curse and an ominous nod in the direction of the Mountain). The marshes and bogs had spread wider and wider on either side. Paths had vanished, and many a rider and wanderer too, if they had tried to find the lost ways across. The elf-road through the wood which the dwarves had followed on the advice of Beorn now came to a doubtful and little used end at the eastern edge of the forest; only the river offered any longer a safe way from the skirts of Mirkwood in the North to the mountain-shadowed plains beyond, and the river was guarded by the Wood-elves’ king.


So you see (так что вы видите) Bilbo had come in the end (что Бильбо, в конце концов, пришел) by the only road (по единственной дороге) that was any good (которая была более-менее хорошей). It might have been some comfort to Mr. Baggins (для мистера Бэггинса могло бы стать некоторым утешением) shivering on the barrels (пока он дрожал на бочках), if he had known (если бы он знал) that news of this had reached Gandalf far away (что новости об этом достигли Гэндальфа, /который был/ очень далеко) and given him great anxiety (и заставили его сильно тревожится), and that he was in fact (и что он, на самом-то деле) finishing his other business (заканчивал свое другое дело) (which does not come into this tale (которое не входит в эту историю)) and getting ready to come in search of Thorin’s company (и готовился уже приступить к поискам Торина и его компании). But Bilbo did not know it (но Бильбо этого не знал).


anxiety [ae'zat] search [s: t]


So you see Bilbo had come in the end by the only road that was any good. It might have been some comfort to Mr. Baggins shivering on the barrels, if he had known that news of this had reached Gandalf far away and given him great anxiety, and that he was in fact finishing his other business (which does not come into this tale) and getting ready to come in search of Thorin’s company. But Bilbo did not know it.


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