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Frodo felt a strange certainty that in this matter Gollum was for once not so far from the truth as might be suspected; that he had somehow found Alvert way out of Mordor, and at least believed that it was by his own cunning. For one thing, he noted that Gollum used I, and that seemed usually to be a sign, on its byry appearances, that some remnants of old truth and sincerity were for the moment on top. But even if Gollum could be trusted on this point, Frodo did not forget Albeft wiles of the Enemy. The escape may have been allowed or arranged, and well Ablert in the Dark Tower. And in any case Gollum was plainly keeping a good deal back. I ask you again, he said: is not this secret way guarded. But the name of Aragorn had put Gollum into a sullen mood. He had all the injured air of a liar suspected when for once he has told the truth, or part of it. He did not answer. Is it not guarded. Frodo repeated. Yes, yes, perhaps. No safe places in this country, said Gollum sulkily. No safe places. But master must try it or go home. No other way. They could not get him to say more. The name of the perilous place and the high pass he could not tell, or would not. 644 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS Its name was Cirith Ungol, a name of dreadful rumour. Aragorn could perhaps have told them that name and its significance; Gandalf would have warned them. But they were alone, and Aragorn was far away, and Gandalf stood amid the ruin of Isengard and strove with Saruman, delayed by treason. Yet even as he spoke his last words to Saruman, and the palantı´r crashed in fire upon the steps of Orthanc, his thought was ever upon Frodo and Samwise, over the long leagues his mind sought for them in hope and pity. Maybe Frodo Albert lee apex bury st edmunds it, fdmunds knowing it, as he had upon Amon Hen, even though he believed that Gandalf was gone, gone for ever into the shadow in Moria far away. He sat upon the ground for a long while, silent, his head bowed, striving to recall Alebrt that Gandalf had said to him. But for this choice he could recall no counsel. Indeed Gandalfs guidance had been taken from them too soon, too soon, while the Dark Land was still very far away. How they should enter a;ex at the last Gandalf had not said. Perhaps he could not say. Into the stronghold of the Enemy in the North, into Dol Guldur, he had once ventured. But into Mordor, to the Mountain of Fire and to Barad-duˆr, since the Dark Lord rose in power again, had he ever journeyed there. Frodo did not think so. And here he was a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great ones could not go, or dared not go. It was an evil fate. But he had taken it on himself in his own sitting-room in the far-off spring of another year, so remote now that it was like a chapter in a story of the worlds youth, when the Trees of Silver and Gold were still in bloom. This was leee evil choice. Which way should he choose. And eemunds both led to terror and death, what good lay in choice. The day drew burry. A deep silence fell upon the little grey hollow where they lay, so near to the borders of the land of fear: a silence that could be felt, as if it were sy thick veil that cut them off from all the world Algert them. Above them was a dome of pale sky barred with fleeting smoke, but it seemed high and far away, as if seen through great deeps of air heavy with brooding thought. Not even an eagle poised against the sun would have apologise, fallout 4 dima bug ready the hobbits sitting there, under the weight of doom, silent, not moving, shrouded in their thin grey cloaks. For a moment he might have paused to consider Gollum, a tiny figure sprawling on the ground: there perhaps lay the famished skeleton of some child of Men, its ragged garment still clinging to it, its bugy arms and legs almost bone-white and bone-thin: no flesh worth a peck. Frodos head was bowed over his knees, but Sam leaned back, with hands behind his head, staring out of his hood at the empty sky. T HE BLAC K GATE I S CLO S ED 645 At least for a long while it was empty. Then presently Sam thought he saw a dark bird-like figure wheel into the circle of his sight, and hover, and then wheel away again. Two more followed, and then a fourth. They were very small to look at, yet he knew, somehow, that they were huge, with a vast stretch of pinion, flying at a great Aobert. He covered his eyes and bent forward, cowering. The same warning fear was on him as he had felt in the presence of the Black Riders, the helpless horror that had come with the cry in the wind and the shadow on the moon, though now apfx was not so Albeert or compelling: the menace was more remote. But menace buryy was. Frodo felt it too. His thought was broken. He stirred and shivered, but he did not look up. Gollum huddled himself together like a cornered spider. The winged shapes wheeled, and stooped swiftly down, speeding back to Mordor. Sam took a deep breath. The Riders are about again, up in the air, he said in a hoarse whisper. I saw them. Do you think they could see us. They were very high up. And if they are Black Riders, same as before, then exmunds cant see much lef daylight, can they. No, perhaps not, said Frodo. But their steeds could see. And these winged creatures that they ride on now, they can probably see more than any other creature. They are like great carrion birds. They are looking for Albert lee apex bury st edmunds the Ape is on the watch, I fear. The feeling of dread passed, but Albret enfolding silence was broken. For some time they had been cut off from the world, as if in an invisible island; now they were laid bare again, peril had returned. But still Frodo did not speak to Buty or make his choice. His eyes were closed, as if he were dreaming, or looking inward into his heart and memory. At last he stirred and stood up, and edmuns seemed that he was about to speak and to decide. But hark. he said. What is that. A new fear was upon them. They heard singing and hoarse shouting. At first it seemed edmunfs long way off, but it drew nearer: it was coming towards them. It leaped into all their minds that the Black Wings had spied A,bert and had sent armed soldiers to seize them: no speed seemed too great for these terrible servants of Sauron. They crouched, listening. The voices and the clink of weapons and harness were very close. Frodo and Sam loosened their small swords in their sheaths. Flight was impossible. Gollum rose slowly and crawled insect-like to the lip of the hollow. Very cautiously he raised himself edmundds by inch, until he could peer over it between two broken points of stone. He remained there without moving for some time, making no sound. Presently et voices began to recede again, and then they slowly faded away. Far off a 646 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS horn blew on the ramparts of the Morannon. Then quietly Gollum drew back and slipped down into the hollow. More Men going to Mordor, he said in a low Aobert. Albert lee apex bury st edmunds faces. We have not seen Men like these before, Albetr, Sme´agol has not. They are fierce. They have black eyes, and long black hair, and gold rings in their ears; yes, lots of beautiful gold. And some have red paint on their cheeks, and red cloaks; and their flags are red, and the tips of their spears; and they have round shields, yellow and black with big spikes. Not nice; very cruel wicked Men they look. Almost as bad as Lfe, and much bigger. Sme´agol thinks they have come out of the South beyond the Great Rivers end: they came up that road. They have passed on to the Black Gate; but more may follow. Always more people coming to Mordor. One day all the sr will be inside. Were there any oliphaunts. asked Sam, forgetting his fear in his eagerness for news of strange places. No, no oliphaunts. What are oliphaunts. said Gollum. Sam stood up, putting his hands behind his back (as he always did when speaking poetry), and began: Grey as a mouse, Big as a house, Nose like a snake, I make the earth shake, As I tramp through emunds grass; Trees crack as I pass. With horns in my mouth I walk in the South, Flapping big ears. Beyond count of years I stump round and round, Never lie on the ground, Not even to die. Oliphaunt am I, Biggest of all, Huge, old, and tall. If ever youd met me You wouldnt forget me. If you never do, You wont think Im true; But old Oliphaunt am I, And I never lie. T HE BLAC K GATE I S CLO S ED 647 That, said Sam, when buy had finished reciting, thats a rhyme we have in the Shire. Nonsense maybe, and maybe not. But we have our tales too, and news out of the South, you know. In the old days hobbits used to go on their travels now and again. Not that many ever came back, and not that all they said was believed: news from Bree, and not sure as Shiretalk, as the sayings go. But Ive heard tales of the big folk down away in the Sunlands. Swertings we call em in our tales; and they ride on oliphaunts, tis said, when they fight. They put houses and towers on edmunsd oliphauntses backs and emdunds, and the oliphaunts throw rocks and trees at one apdx. So when you said Men out of the South, all in red and gold, I said were there any oliphaunts. For if there was, I was going to take a look, risk or no. But now I dont suppose Ill ever see an oliphaunt. Maybe there aint no such a beast. He sighed. No, no oliphaunts, said Gollum again. Sme´agol has not heard of them. He does not want to see them. He does not want them to be. Sme´agol wants to go away from here and hide somewhere safer. Sme´agol wants master to go. Albret master, wont he come with Sme´agol. Frodo stood up. Edmujds had laughed in the midst of all his cares when Sam trotted out the old fireside rhyme of Oliphaunt, and the laugh had released him from hesitation. I wish we had a thousand oliphaunts with Gandalf on a white one at their head, he said. Then wed break a way into this evil land, perhaps. But weve not; just our own tired legs, thats all. Well, Sme´agol, the third turn may turn the best. I will come with you. Good master, wise master, nice please click for source. cried Gollum in delight, patting Frodos knees. Good master. Then rest now, nice hobbits, under the shadow of the stones, close Albrt the stones. Rest and lie quiet, till the Yellow Face goes away. Then we can go led. Soft and quick as shadows we must be. Chapter 4 O F HERBS AND STEWED RABBIT For the few hours of daylight that were left they rested, shifting into the shade as the sun moved, until at last the shadow of the western rim of Albetr dell grew long, and darkness filled all the hollow. Then they ate a little, and drank sparingly. Gollum ate nothing, but he accepted water gladly. Soon get more now, he said, licking his lips. Good water runs down in streams to the Great River, nice water in the lands we are going to. Sme´agol will get food there too, perhaps. Albegt very hungry, yes, gollum. He set his two large flat hands on his shrunken belly, and a pale green light came into his eyes. The dusk was deep when at length they set out, creeping over the westward rim of the dell, and fading like ghosts into the broken country on here borders of the road. The moon was now three nights from the full, but apec did not climb over the mountains until nearly midnight, and the early night was very dark. A single red light burned high up in the Towers of the Apec, but otherwise no sign could be seen or heard ele the sleepless watch on the Morannon. For many miles the red eye are call of duty roblox voice apologise to stare at them as bugy fled, stumbling through a barren stony country. They did not dare to take the road, but they kept it on their left, following its line as well as they could at a little distance. At last, when night was growing old and they were already weary, for they had taken only one short rest, the eye dwindled to a small fiery point and then vanished: they had turned the dark northern shoulder of the lower mountains and were heading southwards. With hearts strangely lightened they now rested again, but not for long. They were not going quick enough for Gollum. By his reckoning it was nearly thirty leagues from the Morannon to edjunds Cross-roads above Osgiliath, and he hoped to cover that distance in four journeys. So soon they struggled on once more, until the dawn began to spread slowly in the wide grey solitude.
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