Bilbo gave Rory a stern glare. ‘Actually, Rory, it’s more a case of bullying than anything that he has any taste for or curiosity about doing. He was in over his head with some older and meaner lads, who then said malicious things about him. He knows now to stay away from them and to ask for help if he’s being bullied into things he knows he shouldn’t be doing. At this point though, I don’t think there’s any way to break the others of their bad habits. For his own sake, Frodo is going to have to leave.’