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

“Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defe…”

“The future, good or ill, was not forgotten, but ceased to have any power over t…”

“Don't put a lump of rock under my elbow again!”

“I am like a burglar that can't get away, but must go on miserably burgling the …”