Gandalf shook his head and chuckled in amusement as he smiled at Bilbo as if this had been planned all along between them. "Nonsense." he spoke to the woman standing next to him. "You'll find he's more than capable, come let's get inside out of the wind." the wizard added as he stepped over the dwarves on the threshold who were grumbling and cursing amongst themselves as they picked themselves up off the floor and brushed the dust off their clothes.