Time doesn't seem to pass here: it just is.

“Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.”

“Yes, that's so,' said Sam. 'And we shouldn't be here at all, if we'd known more…”

“I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and s…”

“Why O why did I ever leave my hobbit-hole?" said poor Mr. Baggins, bumping up a…”