- "“That was no fish!” one said. “There is a spy about. Hide your lights! They will help him more than  us, if it is that queer little creature that is said to be their servant.”   “Servant, indeed!” snorted Bilbo; and in the middle of his snort he sneezed loudly, and the elves  immediately gathered towards the sound.   “Let’s have a light!” he said. “I am here, if you want me!” and he slipped off his ring, and popped  from behind a rock.   They seized him quickly, in spite of their surprise. “Who are you? Are you the dwarves’ hobbit?  What are you doing? How did you get so far past our sentinels?” they asked one after another." The Hobbit, Chapter 16 "(A Thief in the Night"), pg. 242