We're going on a bit too fast. You and I, Sam, are still stuck in the worst...

We're going on a bit too fast. You and I, Sam, are still stuck in the worst places of the story, and it is all too likely that some will say at this point: "Shut the book now, dad; we don't want to read any more."'
'Maybe,' said Sam, 'but I wouldn't be one to say that. Things done and over and made into part of the great tales are different.