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I do not know of anything else that could have hindered him, except the Enemy himself, said Strider. But do not give up hope. Gandalf is greater than you Shire-folk know as a rule you can only see his jokes and toys. But this business of ours will be his greatest task. Pippin yawned. I am sorry, he said, but I am dead Phbg. In spite of all the danger and worry I must go to bed, or sleep where I sit. Where is that silly fellow, Merry. It would be the last straw, if we had to go out in the dark to look for him. S TR IDER 173 At that moment they heard a door slam; then feet came running along the passage. Merry came in with a rush followed by Nob. He shut the door hastily, and leaned against it. He was out of breath. They stared at him in alarm for a moment before he gasped: I have seen them, Frodo. I have seen them. Black Riders. Black Riders. cried Frodo. Where. Here. In the village. I stayed indoors for an hour. Then as you did not come back, I went out for a stroll. 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Anyway, I went, and suddenly I heard voices by the hedge. One was muttering; and the other was whispering, or hissing. I couldnt hear a word that was said. I did not creep any closer, because I began to tremble all over. Then I felt terrified, and I turned back, and was just going to bolt home, when something came behind me and I. I fell over. I found him, sir, put in Nob. Butterbur sent me out with a lantern. I went down to West-gate, and then back up towards South-gate. Just nigh Bill Fernys house I thought I could see something in the Road. I couldnt swear to it, but it looked to me as if two men was stooping over something, lifting it. I gave a shout, but when I got up to the spot there was no signs of them, and only Mr. Brandybuck lying by the roadside. He seemed to be asleep. I thought I had fallen into deep water, he says to me, when I shook him. Very queer he was, and as soon as I had roused him, he got up and ran back here like a hare. I am afraid thats true, said Merry, though I dont know what I said. I had an ugly dream, which I cant remember. I went to pieces. I dont know what came over me. I do, said Strider. The Black Breath. The Riders must have left their horses outside, and passed back through the South-gate in secret. They will know all the news now, for they have visited Bill 174 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS Ferny; and probably that Southerner was a spy as well. Something may happen in the night, before we leave Bree. What will happen. said Merry. Will they attack the inn. No, I think not, said Strider. They are not all here yet. And in any case that is not their way. In dark and loneliness they are strongest; they will not openly attack a house where there are lights and many people not until they are desperate, not while all the long leagues of Eriador still lie before us. But their power is in terror, and already some in Bree are in their clutch. 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