Several months after "On Courses," Billa and Thorin are working through married life. However, Billa's education in terms of Dwarrow children remains quite lacking. Two things are expected of pregnant Dwarrowdams: they wear a shawl to announce her status and accept all Dwarrow being overprotective. We know that children aren't rare in the Shire, and a shawl is a shawl—isn't it?