[it is on the tip of his tongue to reply that some say "well-preserved", and that it runs in the family, and let Nikolai stew on that and see what he can make of it, but Frodo ignores the urge. He has since learned that to even make light of such things that are connected to the Ring or anything that could bring suspicion upon him, if possible. And a Man like Nikolai, he would much prefer didn't know about the Ring at all.]

I suppose I am just lucky. [this could not be farther from the truth in his opinion] But I have yet to meet anyone who has not got a secret, even a little one, of their own. Anyone who says otherwise would be lying.

Your secrets must hardly be the little sort.