Sim (ou pelo menos está implícito)
A julgar pela conversa com Butterbur quando Gandalf e os quatro Hobbits passam por Bree no caminho de volta ao Condado, parece que havia realmente um encanto de excelência superior:
‘Does he now?’ said Butterbur looking puzzled. ‘Though I’m sure I don’t know why he should, sitting in his big chair up in his great castle, hundreds of miles away. And drinking wine out of a golden cup, I shouldn’t wonder. What’s The Pony to him, or mugs o’ beer? Not but what my beer’s good, Gandalf. It’s been uncommon good, since you came in the autumn of last year and put a good word on it. And that’s been a comfort in trouble, I will say.’