В честь сегодняшнего Дня Чтения Толкина притащу всё-таки точную цитату.
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He had taken his stand on Ravenhill among the Elves-partly because there was more chance of escape from that point, and partly (with the more Tookish part of his mind) because if he was going to be in a last desperate stand, he preferred on the whole to defend the Elvenking.
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Бэггинсовская часть Бильбо понимала, что с Вороньей высотки отступать удобнее, а Туковская стремилась сражаться за эльфийского короля.