the most that can be said for the dwarves is this : they intended to pay bilbo really handsomely for his services ; they had brought him to do a nasty job for them , and they did not mind the poor little fellow doing it if he would ; but they would all have done their best to get him out of trouble , if he got into it , as they did in the case of the trolls at the beginning of their adventures before they had any particular reasons for being grateful to him .