Dandelily

The traveler jumped over the stone fence beyond sight of the oblivious Bounders standing guard at the main gate, and under the cover of night he crept the perimeter of the snoozing town.

They woke with the rise of the sun to a clear and warm morning, the remains of their campfire now blackened ash. Kitten believed that they stood a better chance of finding a helpful hobbit to borrow from the library on their behalf if they separated, and so the traveler gathered up his rucksack and set off in the opposite direction of the one she chose for herself.