The Master of the town, seeing that the whole place is enthusiastic for the dwarves's presence, gives Thorin his seat and places Fili and Kili next to him in places of honor. They're all fed and taken care of for two weeks before Thorin decides its time to leave.

The elf king is told of the dwarves plans and he doesn't believe their intentions but thinks it best to allow them to continue their journey. He sends scouts up as far into the mountain as possible to keep an eye on things.

Thorin asks the Master of the town to provide some help for their journey. At this, the Master is surprised because up until this moment he believed the group to be frauds, but now the request makes him think otherwise. He provides them with a boat and crew and they all continue on their journey. Bilbo is sick and unhappy.

We learn of an experiment done in the 1950s by psychologist Solomon Asch. He placed unaware participants in a room full of actors and asked them all to select the correct answer to different questions. At first the actors and the subject all select the right answer but eventually the actors, intentionally, start selecting the wrong answer. The subject is visibly taken aback by this and responds according to how many other participants are in the room. The smaller the group the more likely the participant is to go against the consensus but as the group gets larger the participant would rather conform with the group. Chimpanzees also exhibit this behavior.

Changing our behavior to follow the tribe we're part of seems attractive to us and going against does not. Similarly to what was stated before, if we find a group that exhibits the behaviors we want to acquire it would make it easier for us to develop these habits.