missing hobbits

So they met up outside the Inn, a little after breakfast. Both had packed as well as they could for the undertaking. Neither had slept well. 

Sarno and Hazil had been told what was going on, with suggestions not to tell others unless needful. If either Lithea or Tolbold had any important news while still in the Shire, they would write. Hopefully their letters would pass through honest hands. 

Folk were looking at them as they passed by. Most in the area knew what had happened. How Henepa the Tavern Keep, and Gaiserix, had seemingly disappeared overnight some weeks past. All were hoping for a swift and happy conclusion to the matter, but nothing had happened. The Bounders had searched, Tolbold and Sarno had ridden to nearby villages and asked for their Bounders to keep an eye open, but there had been nothing.