"True enough." Elladan nods and starts checking under plates and bowls.

"Well, if as you say they only normally sit around the table, I suppose it took a while before they realised they were no longer confined to it? Such a strange thing! But then, stories do not always make sense to the reader, I suppose."

He shakes his head. "I hope the doormouse is here, for we might be in for a long afternoon."