How to handle this? No direct claims, let him provide the words. ‘I know you’ve wondered, but you’ve said nothing, for which I thank you.’ Partly true. ‘We all love Prim’s son.’ Well, some of us, anyway. ‘Rory, it has always been you and Gilda, Drogo and Primula, for me. You’ve all taken care of me, let me into your homes, given your affection to an old, queer hobbit.’ Very true, it’s why I love you so much. ‘I would do anything for them. Whatever they asked of me.’ Bilbo shuddered a bit as he echoed Frodo’s words of the night before, knew how deeply he meant them, how much Frodo had meant them, knew what a terrible power love had on their hearts. ‘And all that matters is that Prim gave Drogo a healthy boy, isn’t it?’