The Hobbits leave Tom Bombadil and Goldberry, and quickly encounter one of the most frightening sequences in The Lord of the Rings.

This week, we’re reading Chapters 5 and 6, A Conspiracy Unmasked and The Old Forest, and we look at how the first steps of the Hobbit fellowship are begun, and their initial encounter with Tom Bombadil.

This week, we’re reading Chapters 5 and 6, A Conspiracy Unmasked and The Old Forest, and we look at how the first steps of the Hobbit fellowship are begun, and their initial encounter with Tom Bombadil.