Sybil’s Reviews > The Hobbit, or There and Back Again > Status Update

"Knowing the truth about the vanishing did not lessen their opinion of Bilbo at all; for they saw that he had some wits, as well as luck and a magic ring---and all three are very useful possessions."

Indeed Bilbo was so pleased with their praise that he just chuckled inside and said nothing whatever about the ring; and when they asked him how he did it, he said: "Oh, just crept along, you know---very carefully and quietly."