*smiles broadly* Ah, but that means you really are on the inside, if you've heard him aggravated. In my experience, the Rivendell set tended to put their best patient faces forward for company. They left the grousing for behind closed doors, over good pipeleaf, oh wait, that was just me wine.
*snags a piece of cheese and nibbles it, eyeing you openly* So. How much does he know about you, Meriadoc m'lad?