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rabidsamfanNighttime Shall Be Beautiful
He no longer needs a candle, not even when the moon is new, nor in the deepest chambers of Bag End. On cloudless nights he reads by starlight, lest Sam notice he is wakeful, for Sam needs his sleep, and Rosie too. They are sharp-eared these nights – he hears their soft colloquy each time the baby protests her hunger – but exhausted too, and after the gentle fuss of feeding they are soon asleep again and it is safe for him to walk through the midnight smial and watch a while enchanted at the cradle as a sated Elanor investigates her toes.
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He no longer needs a candle, not even when the moon is new, nor in the deepest chambers of Bag End. On cloudless nights he reads by starlight, lest Sam notice he is wakeful, for Sam needs his sleep, and Rosie too. They are sharp-eared these nights – he hears their soft colloquy each time the baby protests her hunger – but exhausted too, and after the gentle fuss of feeding they are soon asleep again and it is safe for him to walk through the midnight smial and watch a while enchanted at the cradle as a sated Elanor investigates her toes.
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