the dwarves had not been in such a state that they were actually glad to
be captured, their small knives, the only weapons they had, would have
been of no use against the arrows of the elves that could hit a birds
eye in the dark. So they simply stopped dead and sat down and waited-all
except Bilbo, who popped on his ring and slipped quickly to one side.
That is why, when the elves bound the dwarves in a long line, one