There are plenty in Gondolin who trust me about as far as they can throw me.
*cannot hide his surprise, not regarding the people's low opinion of you, but at the notion that perhaps you and he are a little alike, after all* Tuor what, now? (He's an obnoxious git, in any case.) With all due or perhaps undue respect, sir, I am perfectly capable of choosing whose acquaintance I keep. *not going so far as to place you in one category or the other* Not that there are many whose acquaintance is worth keeping.