NotACat
Active Member
As I was listening again to last week's discourse on the conversation between Ted Sandyman and Sam Gamgee, I was struck by the way Ted was so desperate to shut down all conversation about "queer things you do hear about" and it occurred to me that it won't be so very long in story terms until he's knocking down his old mill and building a new one, up to his furry ears in cahoots with Lotho.
As a consequence I was wondering when those cahoots got started: is Ted already engaged in those shady practices with Lotho which ended up with the latter owning so much that wasn't good for him, and worse for so many others? Do we know when Skarkey's plans originally started to roll?
Was Ted worried that the "queer things you do hear about" might include rumours that certain Hobbits might have been buying up an unreasonable number of properties with nefarious intent, or even that there might be "outlandish folks" involved?
As a consequence I was wondering when those cahoots got started: is Ted already engaged in those shady practices with Lotho which ended up with the latter owning so much that wasn't good for him, and worse for so many others? Do we know when Skarkey's plans originally started to roll?
Was Ted worried that the "queer things you do hear about" might include rumours that certain Hobbits might have been buying up an unreasonable number of properties with nefarious intent, or even that there might be "outlandish folks" involved?
