- "He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly  his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a turning  point in his career, but he did not know it. He put the ring in his pocket almost without thinking; certainly it did not seem of any particular use at the moment." The Hobbit, Chapter 5 ("Riddles in the Dark"), pg. 64