"I’ll wager there are ways to enter that town unseen", Balin suggested as to try and perk up this man's interest. "Aye. But for that you would need a smuggler" "For which we would pay double", that seemed to have worked as it did indeed take up the score to get across the lake. 

Back in Mirkwood, Legolas held the orc at knifepoint while holding him on his knees. "You were tracking the company of thirteen dwarves. Why?!", the prince demanded.