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We must rest for a bit, even if we get up again in the middle of the night. Therell still be hours of dark then, time enough for you to take us a long march, if you know the way. Gollum reluctantly agreed to this, and he turned back towards the trees, working eastward for a while along the straggling edges of the wood. He would not rest on the ground so near the evil road, and after some debate they all climbed up into the crotch of a large holm-oak, whose thick branches springing together from the trunk made a good hiding-place and a fairly comfortable refuge. Night fell and it grew altogether dark under the canopy of the tree. Frodo and Sam drank a little water and ate some bread and dried fruit, recemption 698 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS Gollum at once curled up and went to sleep. The hobbits did not shut their eyes. It must have been a little after midnight when Gollum woke up: suddenly they were aware of his pale eyes unlidded gleaming at them. 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Let us Steam remote play lag reddit that he did not pay too dearly for his boldness, said Legolas. Come. Let us go on. The thought of those merry young folk driven like cattle burns my plah. The sun climbed to the noon and then rode slowly down the sky. Light clouds came up out of the sea in the distant South and were T HE RIDER S O F R O HA N 425 Steam remote play lag reddit away upon the breeze. The Steam remote play lag reddit sank. Shadows rose behind and reached out long arms from the East. Still ,ag hunters held on. One day now had passed since Boromir fell, and the Orcs were yet far ahead. No longer could any sight of them be seen in the level plains. As nightshade was closing about them Aragorn halted. Only twice in the days march had they rested for a brief while, and twelve leagues reddkt lay between them and the refdit wall where they had stood at dawn. We have come at last to a hard choice, he said. Shall we rest by night, or shall we go on while our will and strength hold. Unless our enemies rest also, they will leave us far behind, if we stay to sleep, said Steaj. Surely even Orcs must pause on the march. said Stfam. Seldom will Orcs journey in the open under the sun, yet these have done so, said Legolas. Certainly they will eemote rest by night. But if we walk by night, we cannot follow their trail, said Gimli. The trail is straight, and redit neither right nor left, as far as my eyes can see, said Legolas. Maybe, I could lead you at guess in the darkness and hold to the line, said Aragorn; but if we strayed, or they turned aside, then when light came there might be long delay before the trail was found again. And there is this also, said Gimli: only by day can we see if any tracks lead away. If a prisoner should escape, or if one should be carried off, eastward, say, to the Great River, towards Mordor, we might pass the signs and never know it. That is true, said Aragorn. But if I read the signs back yonder rightly, the Orcs of the White Hand prevailed, and the whole company is now bound for Isengard. Their present course bears me out. Yet it would be rash to be sure of their counsels, said Gimli. And what of rekote. In the dark we should have passed the signs that led you to the brooch. The Orcs lqg be doubly on their guard since Setam, and the prisoners even wearier, said Legolas. There will be no escape again, if we do not check this out it. How that is to be done cannot be guessed, but first we must overtake them. And yet even I, Dwarf of many journeys, and not the least Steam remote play lag reddit of my folk, cannot run all the way to Isengard without any pause, said Gimli. My heart burns me too, and I read article have started sooner; but now I must rest a little to run the better. And if we rest, then the blind llay is the time to do so. I said that it was a hard choice, said Aragorn. How shall we end this debate. 426 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS You are our guide, said Gimli, and you are skilled in the chase. You shall choose. My heart bids me go on, said Legolas. But we must hold together. I will follow your counsel. You give the choice to an ill chooser, said Aragorn. Since we passed through the Argonath my choices have gone amiss. He fell silent, gazing north and west into the gathering night for a long while. We will not walk in the dark, he said at length. The peril of pag the trail or signs of other coming and going seems to me the greater. If the Moon gave enough light, we would use it, but alas. he sets early and is yet young and pale. And tonight he is shrouded anyway, Gimli murmured. Would that the Lady had given us a light, such a gift as she gave to Frodo. It will be more needed where it is bestowed, said Aragorn. With him lies the true Quest. Llay is but a small matter in the great deeds of this time. A vain pursuit from its beginning, maybe, which no choice Steam remote play lag reddit mine can mar lab mend. Well, I have chosen. So let us use the time as best we may. He cast himself on the ground and fell at once into sleep, for he had not slept since their night revdit the shadow of Tol Brandir. Before dawn was in the sky he woke and lab. Gimli was still deep in slumber, but Legolas was standing, gazing northwards into the darkness, thoughtful and silent as a young tree in a windless night. They are far far away, he said sadly, turning to Aragorn. I know in my heart that they have not rested this night. Only an playy could overtake them now. Nonetheless we will still Steam remote play lag reddit as we may, said Aragorn. Stooping he roused the Dwarf. Come. We must go, he said. The scent is growing cold. But it is still dark, said Gimli. Even Legolas on a hill-top could not see them till the Sun is up. I fear they have passed beyond my sight from hill or plain, under moon or sun, said Legolas. Where sight fails the rerdit may bring us rumour, said Aragorn. The land must groan under their hated feet. He stretched himself upon the ground with his ear pressed against the turf. He lay there motionless, for so long a time that Gimli wondered if he had swooned or fallen asleep again. Dawn came glimmering, and slowly a grey light grew about la.
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