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Summary
“‘Very well!’ said the king. ‘Take him away and keep him safe, until he feels inclined to tell the truth, even if it takes a hundred years.’Then the elves put thongs on him, and shut him in one of the inmost caves with strong wooden doors, and left him.”
-The Hobbit, Chapter 8
A study on the possible ways this passage could be interpreted. ‘Thong’ has many definitions, after all.
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