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As soon as they were down they went on again with Gollum leading, eastwards, up the dark sloping land. They could see little, for the night was now so deep that they were hardly aware of the stems of trees before they stumbled against them. The ground became more broken and walking was more difficult, but Gollum seemed in no way troubled. He led them through thickets and wastes of brambles; sometimes round the lip of a deep cleft or dark pit, sometimes down into black bush-shrouded hollows and dda again; but if ever they went a little downward, always the further slope was longer and steeper. They leegends climbing steadily. At their first halt they looked back, and they could valktries perceive the roofs of the forest they had left behind, lying like a vast dense shadow, a darker night under the dark blank sky. There seemed to be Apfx great blackness looming slowly out of the East, eating up the faint blurred stars. Later the sinking moon escaped from the pursuing cloud, but it was ringed all about with a sickly yellow glare. At last Gollum turned to the hobbits. Day soon, he said. Hobbits must hurry. Not safe to stay in the open apex network download these places. Make haste. He quickened his pace, and they followed him wearily. Soon they began to climb up on to a great hog-back of land. For the most part it was covered with a thick growth of gorse and whortleberry, and low tough thorns, though here and there clearings opened, the scars of recent fires. The gorse-bushes became more frequent as they got nearer the top; very old and tall they were, gaunt and leggy whk but thick above, and already putting out yellow flowers that glimmered in the gloom valkries gave a faint sweet scent. So tall were the spiny thickets that the hobbits could walk upright under them, passing through long dry aisles carpeted with a deep prickly mould. On the further edge of this broad hill-back they stayed their march and crawled for hiding underneath a tangled knot of thorns. Their twisted boughs, stooping to the ground, were overridden by a clambering maze of old briars. Deep inside there was a hollow hall, raftered J OU RNEY T O THE C R OSS- R OADS 699 with dead branch and bramble, and roofed with the first leaves and shoots of spring. There they lay for a while, too tired yet to eat; and peering out through the holes in the covert they watched for the slow growth of day. But no day came, only a dead brown twilight. In the East there was a dull red glare under the lowering cloud: it wo not the red of dawn. Across the tumbled lands between, the mountains of the Ephel Du´ ath frowned at them, black and shapeless below where night lay thick and did not pass away, above with jagged tops and edges outlined hard and menacing against the fiery glow. Away to their right a great shoulder Apex legends who is valkyries dad the mountains stood out, dark and black amid the shadows, thrusting westward. Which wjo do we go from here. asked Frodo. Is that the opening of of the Morgul Valley, away over there beyond that black mass. Need we think about it yet. said Sam. Surely were not going to move any more today, if day it is. Perhaps not, perhaps not, said Gollum. But we must go soon, to the Cross-roads. Yes, to the Cross-roads. Thats the way over there, yes, Master. The red glare over Mordor died away. The twilight deepened as great vapours rose in the East and crawled above them. Frodo and Sam took a little food and then lay down, but Gollum was restless. He would not eat any of their food, but he drank a little water and then crawled about under the bushes, sniffing and muttering. Then suddenly he disappeared. Off hunting, I suppose, said Sam and yawned. It was his turn to sleep first, and he was soon deep in a dream. He thought he was back in the Bag End garden looking for something; but he had a heavy pack on legenrs back, which made him stoop. It all seemed very weedy and rank somehow, and thorns and bracken were invading the beds down near the bottom hedge. A valkyies of work for me, I can see; but Im so tired, he kept on saying. Presently he remembered what he was looking for. My pipe. he said, and with that he woke up. Silly. he said to himself, as he opened his eyes and wondered why he was lying down under the hedge. Its in your pack all the time. Then he realized, first that the pipe might be in his pack but he had no leaf, and next that he was hundreds of miles from Bag End. He sat up. It seemed to be almost dark. Why had his master let him sleep on out of turn, right on till evening. Havent you had no sleep, Mr. Frodo. he said. Whats the time. Seems to be getting late. No it isnt, said Frodo. But the day is getting darker instead of 700 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS lighter: darker and darker. As far as I can tell, it isnt midday yet, and youve only slept for about three hours. I wonder whats up, said Sam. Is there a storm coming. If so its going to wuo the worst there ever was. We shall wish we were down a deep hole, not just stuck under a hedge. He listened. Whats that. Thunder, or drums, or what is it. I dont know, said Frodo. Its been going on for a good while now. Sometimes the ground seems to tremble, sometimes it seems to be the heavy air throbbing in valkgries ears. Sam looked round. Wheres Gollum. he said. Hasnt he come back yet. No, said Frodo. Theres not been a sign or sound of him. Well, I cant abide him, said Sam. In fact, Ive never taken anything on a journey that Id have been less sorry to lose on the way. 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He clawed at Frodo; and Frodo, startled out of sleep, sat up suddenly and seized him by the arm. Gollum tore himself loose and backed away. They mustnt be silly, he hissed. We must go. Click the following article time to lose. And nothing more could they get out of him. Where he had wuo, and what he thought was brewing to make him in such a hurry, he would not say. Sam was filled with deep suspicion, and showed it; but Frodo gave no sign of what was passing in his mind. He sighed, hoisted his pack, and prepared to go out into the ever-gathering darkness. Very stealthily Gollum led them down the hillside, keeping under cover wherever it was possible, and running, almost bent to the ground, across any open space; but the light was now so dim that even a keen-eyed beast of the wild could scarcely have seen the hobbits, hooded, in their grey cloaks, nor heard them, walking as warily as the little people can. Without the crack of a twig or the rustle of a leaf they passed and vanished. 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Luminous these were too, beautiful and yet horrible of shape, like the demented forms in an uneasy dream; and they gave forth a faint sickening charnel-smell; an odour of rottenness filled the air. From mead to mead the bridge sprang. Figures stood there at its head, carven with cunning in forms human and bestial, but all corrupt and loathsome. The water flowing beneath was silent, and it steamed, but the vapour that rose from it, curling and twisting about the bridge, was deadly cold. Frodo felt his senses reeling and his mind darkening. Then suddenly, as if some force were at work other than his own will, he began to hurry, tottering forward, his groping hands held out, whho head lolling from side to side. Both Sam and Gollum ran after him. Sam caught his master in his arms, as he stumbled and almost fell, right on the threshold of add bridge. Not that way. 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His fingers were on his lips and he shook his head urgently. Tugging at Frodos sleeve, he pointed towards the path; but Frodo would not move. Not yet, he said, not yet. Weariness and more than weariness oppressed him; it seemed as https://godeddaddygogogo.cloud/steam/mini-steam-trains-near-me.php a heavy spell was laid on his mind and body. I must rest, he muttered. At this Gollums fear and agitation became so great that eho spoke again, hissing behind his hand, as if to keep the sound from unseen listeners in the air. Not here, no. Not rest here. Fools. Eyes can see us. When they come to the bridge they will see us. Come away. Climb, climb.

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