The Hobbit
What happens to their "dwarfish hearts" when thorn and the others see the piles of gold and jewels in Smaug's lair?
ChPTER 13 OF THE HOBBIT
ChPTER 13 OF THE HOBBIT
They all of a sudden become bold,
"Their mere fleeting glimpses of treasure which they had caught as they went along had rekindled all the fire of their dwarfish hearts; and when the heart of a dwarf, even the most respectable, is wakened by gold and by jewels, he grows suddenly bold..."
That became bald