A sickness lies upon that treasure hoard.A sickness which drove your grandfather mad." Balin added: "You""re not yourself.The Thorin I know would not hesitate o go in there." Balin sensed that Thorin would sacrifice Bilbo as a burglar for his own purposes.Smaug continued to stalk Bilbo and revealed that he knew of Thorin Oakenshield""s quest to reclaim Lonely Mountain and acquire the Arkenstone - and then made a dire prediction about he approach of Sauron.Freddy""s powers weren""t fully developed yet and he couldn""t cause any damage, as he told himself: "Not strong enough yet.A gigantic portrait-painting of King Gustavus hangs behind her massive wooden table where she signs documents." Furious and neurotic, she stomps into the bank and interrupts the meeting, demanding that he fulfill his promise of accompanying her to a dress-fitting for her ball dress for the great Olympus debutante ball to be held he following evening.