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The elves in "The Hobbit" did not know how the dwarves could have travelled there. They thought the barrels were all empty.

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They had been locked up and escaped unnoticed.

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In The Hobbit, the raft men were astonished because the dwarves escaped without being noticed.

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They knew the dwarves had escaped from the elven king's dungeon. They did not expect them to be free and in Laketown.

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