Digital Tolkien Project Lord of the Rings (Main Text) Citation System Index by James Tauber and Erik Mueller-Harder Chapter 1.01: A Long-expected Party 1.01.001 {p} When Mr. Bilbo 1.01.002 {p} Bilbo was very 1.01.003 {p} “It will have 1.01.004 {ps} But so far 1.01.005 {p} The eldest of 1.01.006 {ps} Twelve more years 1.01.007 {p} Tongues began to 1.01.008 {p} No one had 1.01.009 {p} “A very nice 1.01.010 {p} “But what about 1.01.011 {p} “And no wonder 1.01.012 {p} “You’re right, Dad!” 1.01.013 {p} “Drownded?” said several 1.01.014 {p} “Well, so they 1.01.015 {p} “I’ve heard they 1.01.016 {p} “And I heard 1.01.017 {p} “You shouldn’t listen 1.01.018 {p} “But I reckon 1.01.019 {p} “There’s a tidy 1.01.020 {p} “Then you’ve heard 1.01.021 {p} “Elves and Dragons! 1.01.022 {p} But the Gaffer 1.01.023 {p} “Ah, but he 1.01.024 {p} “And you can 1.01.025 {ps} That very month 1.01.026 {p} Days passed and 1.01.027 {p} That was Gandalf’s 1.01.028 {p} When the old 1.01.029 {p} “Run away now!” 1.01.030 {ps} Inside Bag End, 1.01.031 {p} “How bright your 1.01.032 {p} “Yes,” said Bilbo. 1.01.033 {p} “You mean to 1.01.034 {p} “I do. I 1.01.035 {p} “Very well. It 1.01.036 {p} “I hope so. 1.01.037 {p} “Who will laugh, 1.01.038 {p} “We shall see,” 1.01.039 {ps} The next day 1.01.040 {p} Before long the 1.01.041 {p} A notice appeared 1.01.042 {p} One morning the 1.01.043 {p} The tents began 1.01.044 {p} Then the weather 1.01.045 {p} Bilbo Baggins called 1.01.046 {p} On this occasion 1.01.047 {p} When every guest 1.01.048 {p} The fireworks were 1.01.049 {p} There were rockets 1.01.050 {p} “That is the 1.01.051 {p} There were many 1.01.052 {p} All the one 1.01.053 {p} After the feast 1.01.054 {p} My dear People, 1.01.055 {p} My dear Bagginses 1.01.056 {p} Proudfoots, repeated Bilbo. 1.01.057 {p} I hope you 1.01.058 {p} But Bilbo had 1.01.059 {p} Indeed, for Three 1.01.060 {p} I don’t know 1.01.061 {p} Secondly, to celebrate 1.01.062 {p} Together we score 1.01.063 {p} It is also, 1.01.064 {p} Thirdly and finally, 1.01.065 {ps} He stepped down 1.01.066 {p} It was generally 1.01.067 {p} But old Rory 1.01.068 {p} Frodo was the 1.01.069 {ps} As for Bilbo 1.01.070 {p} He walked briskly 1.01.071 {p} “Hullo!” said Bilbo. 1.01.072 {p} “I am glad 1.01.073 {p} “Yes, I do,” 1.01.074 {p} “It was. You 1.01.075 {p} “And would spoil 1.01.076 {p} “I do – 1.01.077 {p} “Yes, I am. 1.01.078 {p} “I am old, 1.01.079 {p} Gandalf looked curiously 1.01.080 {p} “Well, I’ve made 1.01.081 {p} Gandalf laughed. “I 1.01.082 {p} “Oh, they may, 1.01.083 {p} “Yes, I will 1.01.084 {p} “He would come 1.01.085 {p} “Everything?” said Gandalf. 1.01.086 {p} “Well, er, yes, 1.01.087 {p} “Where is it?” 1.01.088 {p} “In an envelope, 1.01.089 {p} Gandalf looked again 1.01.090 {p} “Well yes – 1.01.091 {p} “No, but I 1.01.092 {p} Bilbo flushed, and 1.01.093 {p} “Yes, yes,” said 1.01.094 {p} “If I am 1.01.095 {p} The wizard’s face 1.01.096 {p} “But I say 1.01.097 {p} Gandalf stood up. 1.01.098 {p} “I’ll do as 1.01.099 {p} “Now, now, my 1.01.100 {p} “Well, if you 1.01.101 {p} Gandalf’s eyes flashed. 1.01.102 {p} Bilbo backed away 1.01.103 {p} “I don’t know 1.01.104 {p} “I have never 1.01.105 {p} Bilbo drew his 1.01.106 {p} “Then trust mine,” 1.01.107 {p} Bilbo stood for 1.01.108 {p} “Indeed it would 1.01.109 {p} “Very well,” said 1.01.110 {p} “You have still 1.01.111 {p} “Well, so I 1.01.112 {p} “No, don’t give 1.01.113 {p} Bilbo took out 1.01.114 {p} “Well, that’s that,” 1.01.115 {p} They went out 1.01.116 {p} “Is everything ready?” 1.01.117 {p} “Everything,” they answered. 1.01.118 {p} “Well, let’s start 1.01.119 {p} It was a 1.01.120 {p} “Good-bye, for the 1.01.121 {p} “Take care! I 1.01.122 {lg} The Road goes 1.01.123 {p} He paused, silent 1.01.124 {p} Gandalf remained for 1.01.125 {ps} Frodo came in 1.01.126 {p} “Yes,” answered Gandalf, 1.01.127 {p} “I wish – 1.01.128 {p} “I think really 1.01.129 {p} Frodo took the 1.01.130 {p} “You’ll find his 1.01.131 {p} “The ring!” exclaimed 1.01.132 {p} “It may, and 1.01.133 {ps} As master of 1.01.134 {p} Night slowly passed. 1.01.135 {p} Frodo was waiting 1.01.136 {p} Inside in the 1.01.137 {p} For ADELARD TOOK, 1.01.138 {p} For DORA BAGGINS 1.01.139 {p} For MILO BURROWS, 1.01.140 {p} For ANGELICA’S use, 1.01.141 {p} For the collection 1.01.142 {p} For LOBELIA SACKVILLE-BAGGINS, 1.01.143 {ps} This is only 1.01.144 {p} Every one of 1.01.145 {p} There was plenty 1.01.146 {ps} Frodo had a 1.01.147 {p} In the middle 1.01.148 {p} “He is indisposed,” 1.01.149 {p} “Hiding, you mean,” 1.01.150 {p} Merry left them 1.01.151 {p} The Sackville-Bagginses were 1.01.152 {p} “Only one thing 1.01.153 {p} Otho would have 1.01.154 {p} “Foiled again!” he 1.01.155 {p} “You’ll live to 1.01.156 {p} “Did you hear 1.01.157 {p} “It was a 1.01.158 {ps} Then they went 1.01.159 {p} When he had 1.01.160 {p} He had hardly 1.01.161 {p} He went on 1.01.162 {p} “If you don’t 1.01.163 {p} “My dear Gandalf! 1.01.164 {p} “Then I forgive 1.01.165 {p} “She had already 1.01.166 {p} “Don’t do that!” 1.01.167 {p} “Well, what about 1.01.168 {p} “What do you 1.01.169 {p} “Only what Bilbo 1.01.170 {p} “Which story, I 1.01.171 {p} “Oh, not what 1.01.172 {p} “That’s interesting,” said 1.01.173 {p} “If you mean, 1.01.174 {p} “So did I. 1.01.175 {p} “I don’t understand,” 1.01.176 {p} “Neither do I,” 1.01.177 {p} “You are very 1.01.178 {p} “I am not 1.01.179 {p} “At once!” cried 1.01.180 {p} “I did mean 1.01.181 {p} “Some people!” exclaimed 1.01.182 {p} “So do I,” 1.01.183 {p} Frodo saw him Chapter 1.02: The Shadow of the Past 1.02.001 {p} The talk did 1.02.002 {p} But in the 1.02.003 {p} “If only that 1.02.004 {p} Some people were 1.02.005 {p} He lived alone, 1.02.006 {ps} As time went 1.02.007 {p} Frodo himself, after 1.02.008 {p} So it went 1.02.009 {ps} There were rumours 1.02.010 {p} That name the 1.02.011 {ps} Little of all 1.02.012 {p} Sam Gamgee was 1.02.013 {p} “Queer things you 1.02.014 {p} “Ah,” said Ted, 1.02.015 {p} “No doubt you 1.02.016 {p} “No thank ’ee,” 1.02.017 {p} “All right,” said 1.02.018 {p} “Who’s they?” 1.02.019 {p} “My cousin Hal 1.02.020 {p} “Says he did, 1.02.021 {p} “But this one 1.02.022 {p} “Then I bet 1.02.023 {p} “But this one 1.02.024 {p} “Then Hal can’t 1.02.025 {p} “All the same,” 1.02.026 {p} “And I’ve heard 1.02.027 {p} “They are sailing, 1.02.028 {p} “Well, that isn’t 1.02.029 {p} “Well, I don’t 1.02.030 {p} “Oh, they’re both 1.02.031 {p} Sam sat silent 1.02.032 {p} It was early 1.02.033 {ps} It was just 1.02.034 {p} Then suddenly his 1.02.035 {p} Frodo welcomed his 1.02.036 {p} “All well eh?” 1.02.037 {p} “So do you,” 1.02.038 {ps} Next morning after 1.02.039 {p} Gandalf was thinking 1.02.040 {p} He was smoking 1.02.041 {p} “Last night you 1.02.042 {p} “In many ways,” 1.02.043 {p} “In Eregion long 1.02.044 {p} “A mortal, Frodo, 1.02.045 {p} “How terrifying!” said 1.02.046 {ps} “How long have 1.02.047 {p} “Bilbo knew no 1.02.048 {p} “Yes, he warned 1.02.049 {p} “Very wise,” said 1.02.050 {p} “How long have 1.02.051 {p} “Known?” said Gandalf. 1.02.052 {p} “When did I 1.02.053 {p} “Who is he?” 1.02.054 {p} “Maybe not,” answered 1.02.055 {p} “And all seemed 1.02.056 {p} “And I waited. 1.02.057 {p} “There wasn’t any 1.02.058 {p} “He felt better 1.02.059 {p} “Of course, he 1.02.060 {p} “Ever since Bilbo 1.02.061 {p} Frodo shuddered. “But 1.02.062 {p} “To tell you 1.02.063 {p} “Revenge?” said Frodo. 1.02.064 {p} “It has everything 1.02.065 {ps} Frodo took it 1.02.066 {p} Gandalf held it 1.02.067 {p} “No,” said Frodo. 1.02.068 {p} “Well then, look!” 1.02.069 {p} “Wait!” he said 1.02.070 {p} No apparent change 1.02.071 {p} “It is quite 1.02.072 {p} “Hold it up!” 1.02.073 {p} As Frodo did 1.02.074 {p} “I cannot read 1.02.075 {p} “No,” said Gandalf, 1.02.076 {lg} “One Ring to 1.02.077 {p} “It is only 1.02.078 {lg} “Three Rings for 1.02.079 {p} He paused, and 1.02.080 {p} Frodo sat silent 1.02.081 {ps} “Ah!” said Gandalf. 1.02.082 {p} “But last night 1.02.083 {p} “I wish it 1.02.084 {p} “So do I,” 1.02.085 {p} “The Enemy still 1.02.086 {p} “The Three, fairest 1.02.087 {p} “So it is 1.02.088 {p} “And this is 1.02.089 {p} “Why, why wasn’t 1.02.090 {p} “It was taken 1.02.091 {p} “But for the 1.02.092 {p} “But the Ring 1.02.093 {p} Gandalf paused. “And 1.02.094 {ps} “Long after, but 1.02.095 {p} “He had a 1.02.096 {p} “Then up he 1.02.097 {p} “‘Give us that, 1.02.098 {p} “‘Why?’ said Déagol.” 1.02.099 {p} “‘Because it’s my 1.02.100 {p} “‘I don’t care,’ 1.02.101 {p} “‘Oh, are you 1.02.102 {p} “No one ever 1.02.103 {p} “He wandered in 1.02.104 {p} “But as he 1.02.105 {p} “So he journeyed 1.02.106 {ps} “Gollum!” cried Frodo. 1.02.107 {p} “I think it 1.02.108 {p} “I can’t believe 1.02.109 {p} “It is true 1.02.110 {p} “Yes,” said Frodo. 1.02.111 {p} “Only too true, 1.02.112 {p} “But that, of 1.02.113 {p} “All the ‘great 1.02.114 {p} “What do you 1.02.115 {p} “You ought to 1.02.116 {p} “A Ring of 1.02.117 {p} “What, just in 1.02.118 {p} “It is no 1.02.119 {p} “There was more 1.02.120 {p} “Behind that there 1.02.121 {p} “It is not,” 1.02.122 {p} Gandalf looked at 1.02.123 {p} “And when did 1.02.124 {p} “Just now in 1.02.125 {p} “You have seen 1.02.126 {p} “Yes. The obvious 1.02.127 {p} “Then what happened 1.02.128 {p} “Not so clearly. 1.02.129 {p} “The murder of 1.02.130 {p} “I endured him 1.02.131 {p} “But how did 1.02.132 {p} “Well, as for 1.02.133 {p} “Light, light of 1.02.134 {p} “Is that where 1.02.135 {p} “I saw him 1.02.136 {p} “That is a 1.02.137 {p} “Then why didn’t 1.02.138 {p} “Ah,” said Gandalf, 1.02.139 {p} “The Wood-elves tracked 1.02.140 {p} “But at the 1.02.141 {p} “Well, that was 1.02.142 {p} “What he had 1.02.143 {ps} A heavy silence 1.02.144 {p} “Yes, to Mordor,” 1.02.145 {p} “Wretched fool! In 1.02.146 {p} “Yes, alas! through 1.02.147 {p} “The Shire – 1.02.148 {p} “But this is 1.02.149 {p} “Pity? It was 1.02.150 {p} “I am sorry,” 1.02.151 {p} “You have not 1.02.152 {p} “No, and I 1.02.153 {p} “Deserves it! I 1.02.154 {p} “All the same,” 1.02.155 {p} “Let you? Make 1.02.156 {p} “Of course, my 1.02.157 {p} “But why not 1.02.158 {p} “Would you? How 1.02.159 {p} “No. But I 1.02.160 {p} “Try!” said Gandalf. 1.02.161 {ps} Frodo drew the 1.02.162 {p} Gandalf laughed grimly. 1.02.163 {p} “Your small fire, 1.02.164 {p} “There is only 1.02.165 {p} “I do really 1.02.166 {p} “Such questions cannot 1.02.167 {p} “But I have 1.02.168 {p} “No!” cried Gandalf, 1.02.169 {p} He went to 1.02.170 {ps} There was a 1.02.171 {p} “Well!” said Gandalf 1.02.172 {p} “No!” answered Frodo, 1.02.173 {p} “Whatever it may 1.02.174 {p} “I hope so,” 1.02.175 {p} “I should like 1.02.176 {p} “Of course, I 1.02.177 {p} He did not 1.02.178 {p} “My dear Frodo!” 1.02.179 {p} “But I don’t 1.02.180 {p} Suddenly he stopped 1.02.181 {p} “Well, well, bless 1.02.182 {p} “Lor bless you, 1.02.183 {p} “I don’t,” said 1.02.184 {p} “Eavesdropping, sir? I 1.02.185 {p} “Don’t be a 1.02.186 {p} “Mr. Frodo, sir!” 1.02.187 {p} “He won’t hurt 1.02.188 {p} “Well, sir,” said 1.02.189 {p} Suddenly Gandalf laughed. 1.02.190 {p} “I did, sir. 1.02.191 {p} “It can’t be 1.02.192 {p} Sam fell on 1.02.193 {p} “Me, sir!” cried Chapter 1.03: Three is Company 1.03.001 {p} “You ought to 1.03.002 {p} “I know. But 1.03.003 {p} “Of course you 1.03.004 {p} “What about the 1.03.005 {p} To tell the 1.03.006 {p} He looked at 1.03.007 {p} “As for where 1.03.008 {p} “Don’t be absurd!” 1.03.009 {p} “I have been 1.03.010 {p} “But you cannot 1.03.011 {p} “No indeed!” said 1.03.012 {p} “Towards danger; but 1.03.013 {p} “Rivendell!” said Frodo. 1.03.014 {ps} One summer’s evening 1.03.015 {p} “For a nice 1.03.016 {p} Just why Mr. 1.03.017 {p} “Yes, I shall 1.03.018 {p} As a matter 1.03.019 {ps} Gandalf stayed in 1.03.020 {p} He spoke lightly, 1.03.021 {p} “Well no; but 1.03.022 {p} He went off 1.03.023 {p} At first Frodo 1.03.024 {p} Autumn was well 1.03.025 {p} On September 20th 1.03.026 {p} The four younger 1.03.027 {p} “Whatever happens to 1.03.028 {p} When they had 1.03.029 {ps} The next morning 1.03.030 {p} Folco went home 1.03.031 {p} “I shall get 1.03.032 {p} After lunch, the 1.03.033 {p} He took his 1.03.034 {p} “Our last meal 1.03.035 {ps} The sun went 1.03.036 {p} The sky was 1.03.037 {p} “No, Mr. Baggins 1.03.038 {p} Footsteps went away 1.03.039 {p} Pippin was sitting 1.03.040 {p} “Coming, sir!” came 1.03.041 {p} “All aboard, Sam?” 1.03.042 {p} “Yes, sir. I’ll 1.03.043 {p} Frodo shut and 1.03.044 {p} “Well, now we’re 1.03.045 {ps} At the bottom 1.03.046 {p} “I am sure 1.03.047 {p} “I could take 1.03.048 {p} “No you don’t, 1.03.049 {p} “Be kind to 1.03.050 {p} For a short 1.03.051 {p} After some time 1.03.052 {p} “I wonder if 1.03.053 {p} When they had 1.03.054 {p} After a while 1.03.055 {p} “I am so 1.03.056 {p} “I thought you 1.03.057 {p} “The wind’s in 1.03.058 {p} Just over the 1.03.059 {p} “Hobbits!” he thought. 1.03.060 {ps} The morning came, 1.03.061 {p} “What’s beautiful about 1.03.062 {p} Sam jumped up, 1.03.063 {p} Frodo stripped the 1.03.064 {p} When he returned 1.03.065 {p} “I don’t keep 1.03.066 {p} “We thought you 1.03.067 {p} “You can come 1.03.068 {p} When their breakfast 1.03.069 {p} The day’s march 1.03.070 {p} “The road goes 1.03.071 {p} “Do Elves live 1.03.072 {p} “Not that I 1.03.073 {lg} The Road goes 1.03.074 {p} “That sounds like 1.03.075 {p} “I don’t know,” 1.03.076 {p} “Well, the Road 1.03.077 {ps} The sun was 1.03.078 {p} “I can hear 1.03.079 {p} They looked back, 1.03.080 {p} “It may not 1.03.081 {p} The other two 1.03.082 {p} Round the corner 1.03.083 {p} When it reached 1.03.084 {p} A sudden unreasoning 1.03.085 {p} Frodo crawled to 1.03.086 {p} “Well, I call 1.03.087 {p} “I can’t say 1.03.088 {p} “But what has 1.03.089 {p} “There are some 1.03.090 {p} “Begging your pardon,” 1.03.091 {p} “What do you 1.03.092 {p} “I have only 1.03.093 {p} “I couldn’t stay 1.03.094 {p} “The Gaffer can’t 1.03.095 {p} “Still, there may 1.03.096 {p} “What about the 1.03.097 {p} “I wish I 1.03.098 {p} “Then you know 1.03.099 {p} “I don’t know, 1.03.100 {p} “All right, cousin 1.03.101 {p} “Yes, I think 1.03.102 {ps} The shadows of 1.03.103 {p} The sun had 1.03.104 {p} Not far from 1.03.105 {p} Twilight was about 1.03.106 {lg} Upon the hearth 1.03.107 {lg} Still round the 1.03.108 {lg} Home is behind, 1.03.109 {p} The song ended. 1.03.110 {p} “Hush!” said Frodo. 1.03.111 {p} They stopped suddenly 1.03.112 {p} “Don’t let us 1.03.113 {p} “Very well!” said 1.03.114 {p} The hoofs drew 1.03.115 {p} The sound of 1.03.116 {p} Once more the 1.03.117 {p} “Elves!” exclaimed Sam 1.03.118 {p} “Yes, it is 1.03.119 {p} “What about the 1.03.120 {p} “Listen! They are 1.03.121 {p} The singing drew 1.03.122 {lg} Snow-white! Snow-white! O 1.03.123 {lg} Gilthoniel! O Elbereth! 1.03.124 {lg} O stars that 1.03.125 {lg} O Elbereth! Gilthoniel! 1.03.126 {p} The song ended. 1.03.127 {p} The hobbits sat 1.03.128 {p} “Hail, Frodo!” he 1.03.129 {p} “This is indeed 1.03.130 {p} “The meaning of 1.03.131 {p} “But we have 1.03.132 {p} “And how do 1.03.133 {p} “We know many 1.03.134 {p} “Who are you, 1.03.135 {p} “I am Gildor,” 1.03.136 {p} “O Wise People!” 1.03.137 {p} “Black Riders?” they 1.03.138 {p} “Because two Black 1.03.139 {p} The Elves did 1.03.140 {p} “O Fair Folk! 1.03.141 {p} “Be careful, friends!” 1.03.142 {p} “Why? Where are 1.03.143 {p} “For tonight we 1.03.144 {p} They now marched 1.03.145 {ps} The woods on 1.03.146 {p} The Elves sat 1.03.147 {p} Away high in 1.03.148 {p} “Come!” the Elves 1.03.149 {p} Pippin sat up 1.03.150 {p} At the south 1.03.151 {p} “This is poor 1.03.152 {p} “It seems to 1.03.153 {p} Pippin afterwards recalled 1.03.154 {p} Sam could never 1.03.155 {p} Frodo sat, eating, 1.03.156 {p} After a while 1.03.157 {ps} They spoke of 1.03.158 {p} “Tell me, Gildor, 1.03.159 {p} Gildor smiled. “Yes,” 1.03.160 {p} “You do not 1.03.161 {p} “It is,” said 1.03.162 {p} “The secret will 1.03.163 {p} “The Enemy?” said 1.03.164 {p} “I do not 1.03.165 {p} “You mean the 1.03.166 {p} “Has Gandalf told 1.03.167 {p} “Nothing about such 1.03.168 {p} “Then I think 1.03.169 {p} “I cannot imagine 1.03.170 {p} “But it is 1.03.171 {p} “I know – 1.03.172 {p} “I think you 1.03.173 {p} “I hope so. 1.03.174 {p} Gildor was silent 1.03.175 {p} “And it is 1.03.176 {p} “Is it indeed?” 1.03.177 {p} “I am deeply 1.03.178 {p} “Is it not 1.03.179 {p} “But where shall 1.03.180 {p} “Courage is found 1.03.181 {p} Frodo felt sleep Chapter 1.04: A Short Cut to Mushrooms 1.04.001 {p} In the morning 1.04.002 {p} Sam was sitting 1.04.003 {p} “They have left 1.04.004 {p} Frodo sat down 1.04.005 {p} “To walk to 1.04.006 {p} “Do you think 1.04.007 {p} “Yes, probably,” said 1.04.008 {p} “Did you find 1.04.009 {p} “Not much – 1.04.010 {p} “Did you ask 1.04.011 {p} “We didn’t discuss 1.04.012 {p} “You should have. 1.04.013 {p} “In that case 1.04.014 {p} “Good heavens!” said 1.04.015 {p} From Frodo’s mind 1.04.016 {p} “No! I could 1.04.017 {p} “Well, Sam!” he 1.04.018 {p} “Very good, sir!” 1.04.019 {p} “You still mean 1.04.020 {p} “I do.” 1.04.021 {p} “It is going 1.04.022 {p} “If you don’t 1.04.023 {p} “Who are they, 1.04.024 {p} “The Elves, sir. 1.04.025 {p} “They are,” said 1.04.026 {p} “They seem a 1.04.027 {p} Frodo looked at 1.04.028 {p} “Do you feel 1.04.029 {p} “Yes, sir. I 1.04.030 {p} “I don’t altogether. 1.04.031 {p} Frodo finished his 1.04.032 {p} “All ready to 1.04.033 {p} “You slept late, 1.04.034 {p} “I have finished 1.04.035 {p} “Then you are 1.04.036 {p} “We can cut 1.04.037 {p} “Short cuts make 1.04.038 {p} “It is less 1.04.039 {p} “All right!” said 1.04.040 {p} “That settles it!” 1.04.041 {p} “I will go 1.04.042 {p} “Then if we 1.04.043 {ps} It was already 1.04.044 {p} He soon found 1.04.045 {p} Sam Gamgee looked 1.04.046 {p} “Look!” he said, 1.04.047 {p} They at once 1.04.048 {p} They stood still, 1.04.049 {p} Going on was 1.04.050 {p} “Why, this is 1.04.051 {p} They waded the 1.04.052 {p} After half an 1.04.053 {p} “It is no 1.04.054 {ps} They went on 1.04.055 {p} Frodo propped his 1.04.056 {lg} Ho! Ho! Ho! 1.04.057 {p} Ho! Ho! Ho! 1.04.058 {p} “And what do 1.04.059 {p} “It was not 1.04.060 {p} No more was 1.04.061 {ps} Before long the 1.04.062 {p} At first they 1.04.063 {p} They passed along 1.04.064 {p} “I know these 1.04.065 {p} “One trouble after 1.04.066 {p} “What’s wrong with 1.04.067 {p} “I know,” said 1.04.068 {p} Pippin laughed. “Well, 1.04.069 {ps} They went along 1.04.070 {p} Suddenly as they 1.04.071 {p} Frodo and Sam 1.04.072 {p} Through the gate 1.04.073 {p} “Good afternoon, Mr. 1.04.074 {p} The farmer looked 1.04.075 {p} “What fellow do 1.04.076 {p} “Then you haven’t 1.04.077 {p} It seemed plain 1.04.078 {p} The farmer laughed. 1.04.079 {p} Pippin introduced the 1.04.080 {p} “Well, if that 1.04.081 {p} They went into 1.04.082 {p} After a few 1.04.083 {p} “Now, Mr. Peregrin,” 1.04.084 {p} “Well, no,” answered 1.04.085 {p} “If you were 1.04.086 {p} They waited anxiously 1.04.087 {p} “‘Good-day to you!’ 1.04.088 {p} “‘I come from 1.04.089 {p} “‘Be off!’ I 1.04.090 {p} “‘Baggins has left,’ 1.04.091 {p} “‘No you won’t,’ 1.04.092 {p} “He gave a 1.04.093 {p} Frodo sat for 1.04.094 {p} “Then I’ll tell 1.04.095 {p} Frodo said nothing: 1.04.096 {p} “Well, Mr. Frodo,” 1.04.097 {p} “Maybe you’re right,” 1.04.098 {p} Maggot looked at 1.04.099 {p} “I was thinking 1.04.100 {p} “You’ll be welcome 1.04.101 {p} “And so should 1.04.102 {p} “Ah! but wait 1.04.103 {p} Frodo now accepted 1.04.104 {p} When they had 1.04.105 {p} “You be careful 1.04.106 {p} “I will!” said 1.04.107 {p} Maggot got down 1.04.108 {p} “It’s going to 1.04.109 {ps} It was five 1.04.110 {p} They reached the 1.04.111 {p} Maggot jumped down 1.04.112 {p} “You’d better be 1.04.113 {p} Clop-clop, clop-clop. The 1.04.114 {p} “Hallo there!” called 1.04.115 {p} “Now then!” said 1.04.116 {p} “I want Mr. 1.04.117 {p} “Mr. Merry!” he 1.04.118 {p} “Yes, of course! 1.04.119 {p} Frodo sprang out 1.04.120 {p} “No, I caught 1.04.121 {p} He backed the 1.04.122 {p} They watched the Chapter 1.05: A Conspiracy Unmasked 1.05.001 {p} “Now we had 1.05.002 {p} They turned down 1.05.003 {p} Merry led the 1.05.004 {ps} Long ago Gorhendad 1.05.005 {p} The people in 1.05.006 {p} Their land was 1.05.007 {ps} The ferry-boat moved 1.05.008 {p} The four hobbits 1.05.009 {p} “Look back, Mr. 1.05.010 {p} On the far 1.05.011 {p} “What in the 1.05.012 {p} “Something that is 1.05.013 {p} “Thank goodness you 1.05.014 {p} “They can go 1.05.015 {p} “I’ll tell you 1.05.016 {p} “All right! You 1.05.017 {p} “We had our 1.05.018 {p} “You shall have 1.05.019 {ps} It was some 1.05.020 {p} At last they 1.05.021 {p} As they walked 1.05.022 {p} “Well, what do 1.05.023 {p} Frodo looked round. 1.05.024 {p} “It’s delightful!” he 1.05.025 {ps} The travellers hung 1.05.026 {p} “A bath!” cried 1.05.027 {p} “Which order shall 1.05.028 {p} “Trust me to 1.05.029 {p} Merry and Fatty 1.05.030 {lg} Sing hey! for 1.05.031 {lg} O! Sweet is 1.05.032 {lg} O! Water cold 1.05.033 {lg} O! Water is 1.05.034 {p} There was a 1.05.035 {p} Merry went to 1.05.036 {p} “There’s so much 1.05.037 {p} “Lawks!” said Merry, 1.05.038 {ps} They had supper 1.05.039 {p} “Yes we shall!” 1.05.040 {p} “They’re mine!” said 1.05.041 {p} Hobbits have a 1.05.042 {p} “We’ll clear up 1.05.043 {p} “We have all 1.05.044 {p} “And what are 1.05.045 {p} “Black figures riding 1.05.046 {p} “I should think 1.05.047 {p} “Cousin Frodo has 1.05.048 {p} “That was only 1.05.049 {p} “Old Maggot is 1.05.050 {p} “I think,” answered 1.05.051 {p} “It’s coming out 1.05.052 {p} “Well!” said Frodo 1.05.053 {p} “I think I 1.05.054 {p} “What do you 1.05.055 {p} “Just this, my 1.05.056 {p} Frodo opened his 1.05.057 {p} “Good heavens!” said 1.05.058 {p} “Oh no!” said 1.05.059 {p} “But I must 1.05.060 {p} “You do not 1.05.061 {p} “My dear and 1.05.062 {p} “Of course we 1.05.063 {p} “The Ring!” said 1.05.064 {p} “Yes, the Ring,” 1.05.065 {p} “Go on!” said 1.05.066 {p} “It was the 1.05.067 {p} “After that I 1.05.068 {p} “You have read 1.05.069 {p} “Not too safe, 1.05.070 {p} “No. It was 1.05.071 {p} “Well, as I 1.05.072 {p} “Where is he?” 1.05.073 {p} “Step forward, Sam!” 1.05.074 {p} “Sam!” cried Frodo, 1.05.075 {p} “Yes, sir!” said 1.05.076 {p} “But it does 1.05.077 {p} Sam looked at 1.05.078 {p} “And after all, 1.05.079 {p} “I don’t deny 1.05.080 {p} “You are a 1.05.081 {p} “Good! That’s settled. 1.05.082 {p} It was made 1.05.083 {lg} Farewell we call 1.05.084 {lg} To Rivendell, where 1.05.085 {lg} With foes ahead, 1.05.086 {lg} We must away! 1.05.087 {p} “Very good!” said 1.05.088 {p} “Oh! That was 1.05.089 {p} “I don’t know,” 1.05.090 {p} “The answer to 1.05.091 {p} “It seems to 1.05.092 {p} “That all depends 1.05.093 {ps} Frodo sat for 1.05.094 {p} “But that can 1.05.095 {p} “Not quite,” said 1.05.096 {p} “But you won’t 1.05.097 {p} “Oh yes they 1.05.098 {p} “Well, do as 1.05.099 {p} Fond as he 1.05.100 {p} “Excellent!” said Frodo, 1.05.101 {p} “Well, that’s that,” 1.05.102 {p} “You wait till 1.05.103 {p} “It’s no good 1.05.104 {ps} When at last 1.05.105 {p} Then he heard Chapter 1.06: The Old Forest 1.06.001 {p} Frodo woke suddenly. 1.06.002 {p} “What is it!” 1.06.003 {p} Soon after six 1.06.004 {p} In their shed 1.06.005 {p} “How are you 1.06.006 {p} “Follow me!” said 1.06.007 {p} Here Fatty Bolger 1.06.008 {p} “If there are 1.06.009 {p} It was dark 1.06.010 {p} “There!” said Merry. 1.06.011 {p} “Are the stories 1.06.012 {p} “I don’t know 1.06.013 {p} “Is it only 1.06.014 {p} “There are various 1.06.015 {ps} The hobbits now 1.06.016 {p} Merry alone seemed 1.06.017 {p} They picked a 1.06.018 {p} There was not 1.06.019 {p} The others halted 1.06.020 {p} “I should not 1.06.021 {p} Frodo began to 1.06.022 {p} “Well, well!” he 1.06.023 {ps} The light grew 1.06.024 {p} The hobbits felt 1.06.025 {p} But after a 1.06.026 {lg} O! Wanderers in 1.06.027 {p} Fail – even 1.06.028 {p} “They do not 1.06.029 {p} He spoke cheerfully, 1.06.030 {ps} They now hurried 1.06.031 {p} The hobbits led 1.06.032 {p} “That,” said Merry, 1.06.033 {p} The others looked 1.06.034 {p} The sun on 1.06.035 {p} On the south-eastern 1.06.036 {ps} At length they 1.06.037 {p} At first their 1.06.038 {ps} After an hour 1.06.039 {p} The afternoon was 1.06.040 {p} After stumbling along 1.06.041 {p} “Well, now I 1.06.042 {p} He passed out 1.06.043 {p} “I dare say!” 1.06.044 {p} “No,” said Merry, 1.06.045 {p} There being nothing 1.06.046 {ps} The hobbits began 1.06.047 {p} Frodo felt his 1.06.048 {p} Frodo did not 1.06.049 {p} Suddenly Frodo himself 1.06.050 {p} Merry and Pippin 1.06.051 {p} Frodo lay for 1.06.052 {p} Half in a 1.06.053 {ps} Sam sat down 1.06.054 {p} He pulled himself 1.06.055 {p} He rushed back 1.06.056 {p} “Do you know, 1.06.057 {p} “You were dreaming 1.06.058 {p} “What about the 1.06.059 {p} They went round 1.06.060 {p} Frodo and Sam 1.06.061 {p} “What a foul 1.06.062 {p} “I suppose we 1.06.063 {p} “I brought a 1.06.064 {p} “Wait a minute!” 1.06.065 {p} “We might,” said 1.06.066 {p} “We might try 1.06.067 {p} Quickly they gathered 1.06.068 {p} “Put it out! 1.06.069 {p} “Who? What?” shouted 1.06.070 {p} “Put it out! 1.06.071 {p} Suddenly he stopped. 1.06.072 {lg} Hey dol! merry 1.06.073 {p} Half hopeful and 1.06.074 {lg} Hey! Come merry 1.06.075 {p} Frodo and Sam 1.06.076 {p} “Help!” cried Frodo 1.06.077 {p} “Whoa! Whoa! steady 1.06.078 {p} “My friends are 1.06.079 {p} “Master Merry’s being 1.06.080 {p} “What?” shouted Tom 1.06.081 {p} Setting down his 1.06.082 {p} There was a 1.06.083 {p} “Thank you!” said 1.06.084 {p} Tom Bombadil burst 1.06.085 {p} Too surprised and 1.06.086 {lg} Hop along, my 1.06.087 {p} After that the 1.06.088 {p} It became difficult 1.06.089 {p} Just as they 1.06.090 {p} The grass under 1.06.091 {p} They all hurried 1.06.092 {lg} Hey! Come derry 1.06.093 {p} Then another clear 1.06.094 {lg} Now let the 1.06.095 {p} And with that Chapter 1.07: In the House of Tom Bombadil 1.07.001 {p} The four hobbits 1.07.002 {p} In a chair, 1.07.003 {p} “Enter, good guests!” 1.07.004 {p} “Come dear folk!” 1.07.005 {p} The hobbits looked 1.07.006 {lg} “O slender as 1.07.007 {p} Suddenly he stopped 1.07.008 {p} “Welcome!” she said. 1.07.009 {p} The hobbits sat 1.07.010 {lg} Old Tom Bombadil 1.07.011 {p} “Fair lady!” said 1.07.012 {p} “He is,” said 1.07.013 {p} Frodo looked at 1.07.014 {p} “Then all this 1.07.015 {p} “No indeed!” she 1.07.016 {p} A door opened 1.07.017 {p} “Here’s my pretty 1.07.018 {p} “It is,” said 1.07.019 {p} Tom clapped his 1.07.020 {p} He opened the 1.07.021 {ps} Before long, washed 1.07.022 {p} At last Tom 1.07.023 {p} “Have peace now,” 1.07.024 {p} Tom sat on 1.07.025 {p} “Did you hear 1.07.026 {p} Tom stirred like 1.07.027 {lg} I had an 1.07.028 {p} He opened his 1.07.029 {lg} And that proved 1.07.030 {p} He fell silent 1.07.031 {p} “No, don’t!” said 1.07.032 {p} “That is right!” 1.07.033 {p} Their mattresses and 1.07.034 {ps} In the dead 1.07.035 {p} At his side 1.07.036 {p} It was the 1.07.037 {p} As far as 1.07.038 {ps} They woke up, 1.07.039 {p} They leapt up 1.07.040 {p} Pippin looked out 1.07.041 {p} “Good morning, merry 1.07.042 {p} Needless to say 1.07.043 {p} As they looked 1.07.044 {ps} The upper wind 1.07.045 {p} “This is Goldberry’s 1.07.046 {p} He then told 1.07.047 {p} As they listened, 1.07.048 {p} Suddenly Tom’s talk 1.07.049 {p} The hobbits shuddered. 1.07.050 {p} When they caught 1.07.051 {p} Whether the morning 1.07.052 {p} “Who are you, 1.07.053 {p} “Eh, what?” said 1.07.054 {p} A shadow seemed 1.07.055 {p} “The rain has 1.07.056 {p} “And let us 1.07.057 {p} Quickly he returned, 1.07.058 {ps} It was a 1.07.059 {p} After they had 1.07.060 {p} He appeared already 1.07.061 {p} Indeed so much 1.07.062 {p} “Show me the 1.07.063 {p} It seemed to 1.07.064 {p} Tom laughed again, 1.07.065 {p} Frodo looked at 1.07.066 {p} Merry turned towards 1.07.067 {p} “Hey there!” cried 1.07.068 {p} Frodo laughed (trying 1.07.069 {p} By his advice 1.07.070 {p} “Keep to the 1.07.071 {lg} Ho! Tom Bombadil, 1.07.072 {p} When they had Chapter 1.08: Fog on the Barrow-downs 1.08.001 {p} That night they 1.08.002 {p} The vision melted 1.08.003 {p} After breakfast, which 1.08.004 {p} They rode off 1.08.005 {p} “Goldberry!” he cried. 1.08.006 {p} They hastened up 1.08.007 {p} They took a 1.08.008 {p} Goldberry spoke to 1.08.009 {p} But Frodo found 1.08.010 {ps} Their way wound 1.08.011 {p} About mid-day they 1.08.012 {p} “Splendid!” said Frodo. 1.08.013 {p} That view was 1.08.014 {ps} Riding over the 1.08.015 {p} The hobbits sprang 1.08.016 {p} They felt as 1.08.017 {p} Soon they were 1.08.018 {ps} Their going was 1.08.019 {p} “Come on! Follow 1.08.020 {p} “Sam!” he called. 1.08.021 {p} There was no 1.08.022 {p} As he struggled 1.08.023 {p} Only the change 1.08.024 {p} “Where are you?” 1.08.025 {ps} There was no 1.08.026 {p} He imagined suddenly 1.08.027 {p} “Where are you?” 1.08.028 {p} “Here!” said a 1.08.029 {p} “No!” said Frodo; 1.08.030 {ps} When he came 1.08.031 {p} But though his 1.08.032 {p} As he lay 1.08.033 {ps} Suddenly a song 1.08.034 {lg} Cold be hand 1.08.035 {p} He heard behind 1.08.036 {p} At first Frodo 1.08.037 {p} But the courage 1.08.038 {p} Frodo fell forward 1.08.039 {lg} Ho! Tom Bombadil, 1.08.040 {p} There was a 1.08.041 {lg} Old Tom Bombadil 1.08.042 {p} There was a 1.08.043 {p} Tom stooped, removed 1.08.044 {lg} Get out, you 1.08.045 {p} At these words 1.08.046 {p} “Come, friend Frodo!” 1.08.047 {p} Together they carried 1.08.048 {p} There he stood, 1.08.049 {lg} Wake now my 1.08.050 {p} To Frodo’s great 1.08.051 {p} “What in the 1.08.052 {p} “I thought that 1.08.053 {p} “Dressed up like 1.08.054 {p} “You won’t find 1.08.055 {p} “What do you 1.08.056 {p} But Tom shook 1.08.057 {p} He sprang away 1.08.058 {lg} Hey! now! Come 1.08.059 {p} So he sang, 1.08.060 {ps} The air was 1.08.061 {p} By the time 1.08.062 {p} “Here are your 1.08.063 {p} Merry, Sam, and 1.08.064 {p} “Where does that 1.08.065 {p} “He’s mine,” said 1.08.066 {p} The hobbits were 1.08.067 {ps} It was still 1.08.068 {p} “Here is a 1.08.069 {p} For each of 1.08.070 {p} “Old knives are 1.08.071 {p} “Few now remember 1.08.072 {p} The hobbits did 1.08.073 {ps} At last they 1.08.074 {p} Though Frodo looked 1.08.075 {p} They went forward 1.08.076 {p} They climbed down 1.08.077 {p} They rode down 1.08.078 {p} The others looked 1.08.079 {p} “Do you think,” 1.08.080 {p} “No, I hope 1.08.081 {p} All the same 1.08.082 {p} “Tom will give 1.08.083 {p} They begged him 1.08.084 {lg} Tom’s country ends 1.08.085 {p} Then he turned, 1.08.086 {p} The hobbits climbed 1.08.087 {p} “I am sorry 1.08.088 {p} “There are hobbits 1.08.089 {p} “It may be 1.08.090 {p} They now mounted 1.08.091 {p} Before them rose Chapter 1.09: At the Sign of The Prancing Pony 1.09.001 {p} Bree was the 1.09.002 {p} The Men of 1.09.003 {p} In those days 1.09.004 {p} There were also 1.09.005 {p} The Bree-folk, Big 1.09.006 {ps} The village of 1.09.007 {p} Down on the 1.09.008 {p} The Inn of 1.09.009 {ps} It was dark, 1.09.010 {p} “What do you 1.09.011 {p} “We are making 1.09.012 {p} “Hobbits! Four hobbits! 1.09.013 {p} “We don’t often 1.09.014 {p} “Our names and 1.09.015 {p} “Your business is 1.09.016 {p} “We are hobbits 1.09.017 {p} “All right, all 1.09.018 {p} He wished them 1.09.019 {p} The man stared 1.09.020 {ps} The hobbits rode 1.09.021 {p} “We surely aren’t 1.09.022 {p} “What’s wrong with 1.09.023 {p} Even from the 1.09.024 {p} As they hesitated 1.09.025 {p} They led their 1.09.026 {p} “Can we—” began 1.09.027 {p} “Half a minute, 1.09.028 {p} “Good evening, little 1.09.029 {p} “Beds for four, 1.09.030 {p} “That’s right! Barliman 1.09.031 {p} “Mr. Took and 1.09.032 {p} “There now!” said 1.09.033 {p} “Hi! Nob!” he 1.09.034 {p} “Coming, sir! Coming!” 1.09.035 {p} “Where’s Bob?” asked 1.09.036 {p} “Well now, what 1.09.037 {p} He led them 1.09.038 {p} Off he went 1.09.039 {p} “Will you be 1.09.040 {p} They were washed 1.09.041 {p} The landlord hovered 1.09.042 {p} So refreshed and 1.09.043 {p} “All right!” said 1.09.044 {ps} The company was 1.09.045 {p} As soon as 1.09.046 {p} The Bree-hobbits were, 1.09.047 {p} At this a 1.09.048 {p} The Men and 1.09.049 {p} The hobbits did 1.09.050 {p} Suddenly Frodo noticed 1.09.051 {p} “Who is that?” 1.09.052 {p} “Him?” said the 1.09.053 {p} Frodo found that 1.09.054 {p} “I am called 1.09.055 {p} “He did,” said 1.09.056 {p} “Well, Master Underhill,” 1.09.057 {p} Frodo returned his 1.09.058 {p} Frodo was annoyed. 1.09.059 {p} Frodo fidgeted, wondering 1.09.060 {p} “You had better 1.09.061 {p} Frodo jumped up 1.09.062 {p} Frodo suddenly felt 1.09.063 {p} Everyone in the 1.09.064 {p} For a moment 1.09.065 {lg} There is an 1.09.066 {lg} The ostler has 1.09.067 {lg} The landlord keeps 1.09.068 {lg} They also keep 1.09.069 {lg} And O! the 1.09.070 {lg} The Man in 1.09.071 {lg} The Man in 1.09.072 {lg} Then the ostler 1.09.073 {lg} So the cat 1.09.074 {lg} They rolled the 1.09.075 {lg} Now quicker the 1.09.076 {lg} With a ping 1.09.077 {lg} The round Moon 1.09.078 {p} There was loud 1.09.079 {p} They made Frodo 1.09.080 {p} The local hobbits 1.09.081 {p} Frodo felt a 1.09.082 {p} “Well?” said Strider, 1.09.083 {p} “I don’t know 1.09.084 {p} “Oh yes, you 1.09.085 {p} “What about?” asked 1.09.086 {p} “A matter of 1.09.087 {p} “Very well,” said 1.09.088 {ps} Meanwhile an argument 1.09.089 {p} “I saw him, 1.09.090 {p} “You don’t say, 1.09.091 {p} “Yes I do!” 1.09.092 {p} “There’s some mistake 1.09.093 {p} “Well, where is 1.09.094 {p} “How should I 1.09.095 {p} “Well, I saw 1.09.096 {p} “And I say 1.09.097 {p} “Of course there’s 1.09.098 {p} He came forward 1.09.099 {p} Mr. Butterbur did 1.09.100 {p} “I am very 1.09.101 {p} “All right, Mr. 1.09.102 {p} “I shan’t be 1.09.103 {p} “Very good! But 1.09.104 {p} “Certainly!” said Frodo; Chapter 1.10: Strider 1.10.001 {p} Frodo, Pippin, and 1.10.002 {p} “Hallo!” said Pippin. 1.10.003 {p} “I am called 1.10.004 {p} “You said I 1.10.005 {p} “Several things,” answered 1.10.006 {p} “What do you 1.10.007 {p} “Don’t be alarmed! 1.10.008 {p} “And what will 1.10.009 {p} “No more than 1.10.010 {p} “Oh, indeed!” replied 1.10.011 {p} “Excellent!” exclaimed Strider, 1.10.012 {p} “Go on then!” 1.10.013 {p} “Too much; too 1.10.014 {p} “I don’t see 1.10.015 {p} “Well answered!” said 1.10.016 {p} “Now, don’t mistake 1.10.017 {ps} There was a 1.10.018 {p} “It would have 1.10.019 {p} “Do you think 1.10.020 {p} “No, I don’t 1.10.021 {p} “It was sheer 1.10.022 {p} “I wonder,” said 1.10.023 {p} “Hardly more than 1.10.024 {p} “You must not 1.10.025 {p} “What will Ferny 1.10.026 {p} “News of you, 1.10.027 {p} The hobbits looked 1.10.028 {p} “There!” he cried 1.10.029 {p} There was a 1.10.030 {p} “With your leave, 1.10.031 {p} Pippin fidgeted and 1.10.032 {p} “The lesson in 1.10.033 {ps} At that moment 1.10.034 {p} “I’ve come to 1.10.035 {p} “It’s like this,” 1.10.036 {p} “And what has 1.10.037 {p} “Ah! you know 1.10.038 {p} “Indeed! Let’s have 1.10.039 {p} “A stout little 1.10.040 {p} “He said it? 1.10.041 {p} “Ah! That was 1.10.042 {p} “Well, what have 1.10.043 {p} “Where was I?” 1.10.044 {p} “It’s addressed plain 1.10.045 {qt} Mr. FRODO BAGGINS, 1.10.046 {p} “A letter for 1.10.047 {p} “Ah!” said Mr. 1.10.048 {p} “It is,” said 1.10.049 {p} Poor Mr. Butterbur 1.10.050 {p} “Leaving the letter 1.10.051 {p} “What do you 1.10.052 {p} “These black men,” 1.10.053 {p} “He did!” said 1.10.054 {p} The landlord jumped 1.10.055 {p} “He’s here with 1.10.056 {p} “Well, you know 1.10.057 {p} “Then who would 1.10.058 {p} “Me? Leave Bree! 1.10.059 {p} “I’m sorry I 1.10.060 {p} “They come from 1.10.061 {p} “Save us!” cried 1.10.062 {p} “It is,” said 1.10.063 {p} “I am,” said 1.10.064 {p} “Against the Shadow 1.10.065 {p} “I’ll do that,” 1.10.066 {p} “Well, we can 1.10.067 {p} “I hope not, 1.10.068 {p} “In any case 1.10.069 {p} “Right! I’ll see 1.10.070 {p} “I don’t know,” 1.10.071 {p} “Well, you do 1.10.072 {ps} “Well?” said Strider. 1.10.073 {lt.op.p} THE PRANCING PONY, 1.10.074 {lt.op.p} Dear Frodo, 1.10.075 {lt.p} Bad news has 1.10.076 {lt.cl.p} Yours in haste 1.10.077 {lt.cl.p} GANDALF. 1.10.078 {lt.ps} PS. Do NOT 1.10.079 {lt.ps} PPS. Make sure 1.10.080 {lt.lg} All that is 1.10.081 {lt.ps} PPPS. I hope 1.10.082 {lt.p} Fare Well! 1.10.083 {p} Frodo read the 1.10.084 {p} “He has been 1.10.085 {p} Frodo turned and 1.10.086 {p} “Would it? Would 1.10.087 {p} “They are – 1.10.088 {p} “It would take 1.10.089 {p} Pippin subsided; but 1.10.090 {p} “That you are 1.10.091 {p} He stood up, 1.10.092 {p} “But I am 1.10.093 {ps} There was a 1.10.094 {p} “I see,” laughed 1.10.095 {p} “Did the verses 1.10.096 {p} “I did not 1.10.097 {p} Sam said nothing. 1.10.098 {p} “Well,” said Strider, 1.10.099 {p} “Weathertop?” said Sam. 1.10.100 {p} “It is a 1.10.101 {p} “When did you 1.10.102 {p} Strider looked grave. 1.10.103 {p} “I am troubled, 1.10.104 {p} “Do you think 1.10.105 {p} “I do not 1.10.106 {p} Pippin yawned. “I 1.10.107 {ps} At that moment 1.10.108 {p} “Black Riders!” cried 1.10.109 {p} “Here. In the 1.10.110 {p} “Which way did 1.10.111 {p} Merry started, noticing 1.10.112 {p} “It seemed to 1.10.113 {p} Strider looked at 1.10.114 {p} “I don’t know,” 1.10.115 {p} “I found him, 1.10.116 {p} “I am afraid 1.10.117 {p} “I do,” said 1.10.118 {p} “What will happen?” 1.10.119 {p} “No, I think 1.10.120 {p} “We seem to 1.10.121 {p} “Stay here, and 1.10.122 {p} While Strider was 1.10.123 {p} “Well Masters,” said 1.10.124 {p} Pippin laughed. “Very 1.10.125 {p} “We shall see,” 1.10.126 {p} “Good night to 1.10.127 {p} Their bags and 1.10.128 {p} The hobbits lay 1.10.129 {p} “Jumped over the 1.10.130 {p} “I hope so,” Chapter 1.11: A Knife in the Dark 1.11.001 {p} As they prepared 1.11.002 {p} The night deepened. 1.11.003 {p} There was a 1.11.004 {p} “Open, in the 1.11.005 {p} At a second 1.11.006 {p} At that moment, 1.11.007 {qt} AWAKE! FEAR! FIRE! 1.11.008 {p} Fatty Bolger had 1.11.009 {qt} FEAR! FIRE! FOES! 1.11.010 {p} The Brandybucks were 1.11.011 {qt} AWAKE! AWAKE! 1.11.012 {p} Far away answering 1.11.013 {p} The black figures 1.11.014 {ps} In the early 1.11.015 {p} Frodo soon went 1.11.016 {p} As soon as 1.11.017 {p} Strider immediately went 1.11.018 {p} “Never has such 1.11.019 {p} “Dark times,” said 1.11.020 {p} Mr. Butterbur hurried 1.11.021 {p} Frodo was crushed 1.11.022 {p} “Ponies would not 1.11.023 {p} “As much as 1.11.024 {p} “I can carry 1.11.025 {p} “Can’t anything be 1.11.026 {p} “I doubt it,” 1.11.027 {p} “Yes,” said Strider 1.11.028 {p} “There is one 1.11.029 {ps} In the end 1.11.030 {p} “Bill Ferny?” said 1.11.031 {p} “I wonder,” said 1.11.032 {p} Bill Ferny’s price 1.11.033 {p} As a matter 1.11.034 {p} However, in the 1.11.035 {p} “If you pick 1.11.036 {ps} After their breakfast 1.11.037 {p} Strider had changed 1.11.038 {p} They said farewell 1.11.039 {p} They tramped off, 1.11.040 {p} The hobbits took 1.11.041 {p} “So that’s where 1.11.042 {p} Over the hedge 1.11.043 {p} “Morning, Longshanks!” he 1.11.044 {p} “Morning, my little 1.11.045 {p} Sam turned quickly. 1.11.046 {ps} At last they 1.11.047 {p} After the Road 1.11.048 {p} “Not a ‘short 1.11.049 {p} “Ah, but you 1.11.050 {p} His plan, as 1.11.051 {p} However, in the 1.11.052 {p} “Bill Ferny will 1.11.053 {ps} Whether because of 1.11.054 {p} The ground now 1.11.055 {p} “I am being 1.11.056 {p} “What do they 1.11.057 {p} They spent a 1.11.058 {p} The next day, 1.11.059 {p} As Frodo lay, 1.11.060 {p} “What is the 1.11.061 {p} “I do not 1.11.062 {p} Frodo lay down 1.11.063 {ps} They had not 1.11.064 {p} “That is Weathertop,” 1.11.065 {p} “What do you 1.11.066 {p} “I mean: when 1.11.067 {p} “But surely we 1.11.068 {p} “Yes; but the 1.11.069 {p} The hobbits looked 1.11.070 {p} “What do you 1.11.071 {p} “I think,” answered 1.11.072 {ps} All that day 1.11.073 {p} At the day’s 1.11.074 {p} Next morning they 1.11.075 {p} “Very odd,” said 1.11.076 {p} “Do not speak 1.11.077 {ps} The hills drew 1.11.078 {p} In the morning 1.11.079 {p} “I wonder who 1.11.080 {p} “No. There is 1.11.081 {p} The hobbits gazed 1.11.082 {lg} Gil-galad was an 1.11.083 {lg} His sword was 1.11.084 {lg} But long ago 1.11.085 {p} The others turned 1.11.086 {p} “Don’t stop!” said 1.11.087 {p} “That’s all I 1.11.088 {p} “He did not 1.11.089 {p} “There was a 1.11.090 {p} “Going to Mordor!” 1.11.091 {p} “Do not speak 1.11.092 {ps} It was already 1.11.093 {p} On the western 1.11.094 {p} On the top 1.11.095 {p} Standing upon the 1.11.096 {p} “Well, here we 1.11.097 {p} “I wonder,” said 1.11.098 {p} On the flat 1.11.099 {p} “The stroke on 1.11.100 {p} “What could they 1.11.101 {p} “I should say,” 1.11.102 {p} “I wish we 1.11.103 {p} “Perhaps,” said Strider. 1.11.104 {p} “How far is 1.11.105 {p} “I don’t know 1.11.106 {p} “A fortnight!” said 1.11.107 {p} “It may,” said 1.11.108 {p} They stood for 1.11.109 {p} “Look,” he said, 1.11.110 {p} At once Strider 1.11.111 {p} “What is it?” 1.11.112 {p} “I do not 1.11.113 {p} Slowly they crawled 1.11.114 {p} “Yes,” said Strider, 1.11.115 {p} Hastily they crept 1.11.116 {ps} Sam and Peregrin 1.11.117 {p} “I wonder if 1.11.118 {p} Strider was greatly 1.11.119 {p} “It is just 1.11.120 {p} Each of the 1.11.121 {p} “Hadn’t we better 1.11.122 {p} “Yes, we certainly 1.11.123 {p} “Can the Riders 1.11.124 {p} “I was too 1.11.125 {p} “Is there no 1.11.126 {p} Strider laid his 1.11.127 {p} “Maybe,” muttered Sam. 1.11.128 {ps} Down in the 1.11.129 {p} “I don’t see 1.11.130 {p} “There is food 1.11.131 {p} The cold increased 1.11.132 {p} As night fell 1.11.133 {p} “Tell us of 1.11.134 {p} “I do indeed,” 1.11.135 {p} “I know only 1.11.136 {p} “No!” said Strider 1.11.137 {p} “Then tell us 1.11.138 {p} “I will tell 1.11.139 {lg} The leaves were 1.11.140 {lg} There Beren came 1.11.141 {lg} Enchantment healed his 1.11.142 {lg} He heard there 1.11.143 {lg} He sought her 1.11.144 {lg} When winter passed, 1.11.145 {lg} Again she fled, 1.11.146 {lg} As Beren looked 1.11.147 {lg} Long was the 1.11.148 {p} Strider sighed and 1.11.149 {p} As Strider was 1.11.150 {p} The story ended. 1.11.151 {p} The others looked 1.11.152 {p} Sam and Merry 1.11.153 {p} “I don’t know 1.11.154 {p} “Did you see 1.11.155 {p} “No, sir. I 1.11.156 {p} “I saw something,” 1.11.157 {p} “Keep close to 1.11.158 {p} For a breathless 1.11.159 {p} “Hush!” whispered Strider. 1.11.160 {p} Over the lip 1.11.161 {p} Terror overcame Pippin 1.11.162 {p} Immediately, though everything 1.11.163 {p} At that moment Chapter 1.12: Flight to the Ford 1.12.001 {p} When Frodo came 1.12.002 {p} “What has happened? 1.12.003 {p} They were too 1.12.004 {p} Sam plainly was 1.12.005 {p} “I am not 1.12.006 {p} When he heard 1.12.007 {p} Sam choked with 1.12.008 {ps} Frodo dozed, though 1.12.009 {p} “Look!” he cried; 1.12.010 {p} “And more deadly 1.12.011 {p} He sat down 1.12.012 {p} “These leaves,” he 1.12.013 {p} He threw the 1.12.014 {p} The others were 1.12.015 {p} As soon as 1.12.016 {p} They started off 1.12.017 {ps} They made their 1.12.018 {p} Before the first 1.12.019 {p} At the end 1.12.020 {p} “I am afraid 1.12.021 {p} “What is that 1.12.022 {p} “That is Loudwater, 1.12.023 {ps} Next day, early 1.12.024 {p} They hurried along 1.12.025 {p} Before long he 1.12.026 {p} He held out 1.12.027 {ps} At once they 1.12.028 {p} The hobbits were 1.12.029 {p} “Who lives in 1.12.030 {p} “No!” said Strider. 1.12.031 {p} “Where did you 1.12.032 {p} “The heirs of 1.12.033 {p} “Have you often 1.12.034 {p} “I have,” said 1.12.035 {ps} The hills now 1.12.036 {p} The hobbits grew 1.12.037 {p} That night they 1.12.038 {ps} In the morning 1.12.039 {p} When he returned 1.12.040 {p} The rest of 1.12.041 {p} They decided to 1.12.042 {p} “We cannot go 1.12.043 {p} “We shall see,” 1.12.044 {p} “What is the 1.12.045 {p} “Frodo has been 1.12.046 {ps} Night was cold 1.12.047 {p} The morning dawned 1.12.048 {p} “We must make 1.12.049 {ps} As soon as 1.12.050 {p} Pippin was a 1.12.051 {p} When they came 1.12.052 {p} They followed the 1.12.053 {p} Outside the door 1.12.054 {p} “Surely this is 1.12.055 {p} “There is no 1.12.056 {p} The path went 1.12.057 {p} “There are trolls!” 1.12.058 {p} “We will come 1.12.059 {ps} The sun was 1.12.060 {p} Strider walked forward 1.12.061 {p} Nothing happened. There 1.12.062 {p} “I had no 1.12.063 {p} “You are forgetting 1.12.064 {p} They all laughed. 1.12.065 {p} “Won’t somebody give 1.12.066 {p} “Not since Weathertop,” 1.12.067 {p} “Come on, Sam!” 1.12.068 {p} “I don’t know 1.12.069 {lg} Troll sat alone 1.12.070 {lg} Up came Tom 1.12.071 {lg} “My lad,” said 1.12.072 {lg} Said Tom: “I 1.12.073 {lg} “For a couple 1.12.074 {lg} But just as 1.12.075 {lg} But harder than 1.12.076 {lg} Tom’s leg is 1.12.077 {ps} “Well, that’s a 1.12.078 {p} “Where did you 1.12.079 {p} Sam muttered something 1.12.080 {p} “I hope not,” 1.12.081 {ps} In the afternoon 1.12.082 {p} “There!” said Merry. 1.12.083 {p} Frodo looked at 1.12.084 {ps} The Road lay 1.12.085 {p} They were beginning 1.12.086 {p} “That does not 1.12.087 {p} The light faded, 1.12.088 {p} Strider sprang from 1.12.089 {p} Soon Strider beckoned 1.12.090 {p} “Hail, and well 1.12.091 {p} “Then Gandalf has 1.12.092 {p} “No. He had 1.12.093 {p} “It was my 1.12.094 {p} While Glorfindel was 1.12.095 {p} “My master is 1.12.096 {p} Glorfindel caught Frodo 1.12.097 {p} Briefly Strider told 1.12.098 {p} “There are evil 1.12.099 {p} He searched the 1.12.100 {p} “You shall ride 1.12.101 {p} “No, he will 1.12.102 {p} Glorfindel smiled. “I 1.12.103 {ps} To that Frodo 1.12.104 {p} They cast themselves 1.12.105 {p} “Drink this!” said 1.12.106 {ps} They had rested 1.12.107 {p} But however anxious 1.12.108 {ps} The hobbits were 1.12.109 {p} “Our peril will 1.12.110 {p} The Road was 1.12.111 {p} There was still 1.12.112 {p} “Fly!” he called. 1.12.113 {p} The white horse 1.12.114 {p} “Ride forward! Ride!” 1.12.115 {p} He did not 1.12.116 {p} “Ride on! Ride 1.12.117 {p} At once the 1.12.118 {p} Frodo looked back 1.12.119 {p} Fear now filled 1.12.120 {p} Frodo heard the 1.12.121 {p} But the pursuers 1.12.122 {p} Suddenly the foremost 1.12.123 {p} “Go back!” he 1.12.124 {p} “Go back!” he 1.12.125 {p} “The Ring! The 1.12.126 {p} “By Elbereth and 1.12.127 {p} Then the leader, 1.12.128 {p} At that moment 1.12.129 {p} With his last 1.12.130 {p} The black horses Chapter 2.01: Many Meetings 2.01.001 {p} Frodo woke and 2.01.002 {p} “Where am I, 2.01.003 {p} “In the house 2.01.004 {p} “Gandalf!” cried Frodo, 2.01.005 {p} “Yes,” he said, 2.01.006 {p} Frodo lay down 2.01.007 {p} “Where’s Sam?” Frodo 2.01.008 {p} “Yes, they are 2.01.009 {p} “What happened at 2.01.010 {p} “Yes, it would. 2.01.011 {p} “You seem to 2.01.012 {p} “You have talked 2.01.013 {p} “We should never 2.01.014 {p} “I was delayed,” 2.01.015 {p} “I wish you 2.01.016 {p} “All in good 2.01.017 {p} “But talking would 2.01.018 {p} “You will soon 2.01.019 {p} “You?” cried Frodo. 2.01.020 {p} “Yes, I, Gandalf 2.01.021 {p} “Then you knew 2.01.022 {p} “Yes, I knew 2.01.023 {p} “Yes,” said Frodo, 2.01.024 {p} Gandalf smiled. “I 2.01.025 {p} “I am glad,” 2.01.026 {p} “You don’t know 2.01.027 {p} “Do you really 2.01.028 {p} “Only a Ranger!” 2.01.029 {p} “I suppose not,” 2.01.030 {p} He fell silent 2.01.031 {p} “You have talked 2.01.032 {p} “I don’t know,” 2.01.033 {p} “Good!” said Gandalf. 2.01.034 {p} “Days?” said Frodo. 2.01.035 {p} “Well, four nights 2.01.036 {p} Frodo shuddered, remembering 2.01.037 {p} “What would they 2.01.038 {p} “They tried to 2.01.039 {p} “Thank goodness I 2.01.040 {p} “Yes, fortune or 2.01.041 {p} “I know,” said 2.01.042 {p} “Because they are 2.01.043 {p} “Then why do 2.01.044 {p} “Because these horses 2.01.045 {p} “What about Rivendell 2.01.046 {p} “Yes, at present, 2.01.047 {p} “I thought that 2.01.048 {p} “Yes, you saw 2.01.049 {p} “Still,” he said, 2.01.050 {p} “I haven’t any 2.01.051 {p} Gandalf moved his 2.01.052 {p} “Still that must 2.01.053 {p} “You look splendid,” 2.01.054 {p} “When the Ringwraiths 2.01.055 {p} “And is that 2.01.056 {p} “No,” said Gandalf. 2.01.057 {p} “Who made the 2.01.058 {p} “Elrond commanded it,” 2.01.059 {p} “Yes, it all 2.01.060 {p} Gandalf looked quickly 2.01.061 {p} “Splendid!” said Frodo. 2.01.062 {p} “Well, there are 2.01.063 {p} “Dear Bilbo!” said 2.01.064 {ps} Frodo was now 2.01.065 {p} As the evening 2.01.066 {p} “Yes, you have 2.01.067 {p} At that moment 2.01.068 {p} “Hullo, Sam!” said 2.01.069 {p} “It’s warm!” said 2.01.070 {p} “I am ready,” 2.01.071 {p} “I can take 2.01.072 {p} “I know what 2.01.073 {p} Sam led him 2.01.074 {p} “Hurray!” cried Pippin, 2.01.075 {p} “Hush!” said Gandalf 2.01.076 {p} “Gandalf has been 2.01.077 {p} “I feel like 2.01.078 {p} “That will soon 2.01.079 {p} “More than a 2.01.080 {ps} The hall of 2.01.081 {p} Frodo looked at 2.01.082 {p} Gandalf was shorter 2.01.083 {p} Glorfindel was tall 2.01.084 {p} The face of 2.01.085 {p} In the middle 2.01.086 {p} So it was 2.01.087 {p} Such loveliness in 2.01.088 {p} He looked first 2.01.089 {p} Next to Frodo 2.01.090 {p} “Welcome and well 2.01.091 {p} “Frodo Baggins at 2.01.092 {p} “Quite right,” answered 2.01.093 {p} “Thank you very 2.01.094 {p} “You have had 2.01.095 {p} “I think we 2.01.096 {p} Glóin looked at 2.01.097 {p} Throughout the rest 2.01.098 {p} “Indeed,” said Glóin, 2.01.099 {p} “And what of 2.01.100 {p} “There is much 2.01.101 {p} And with that 2.01.102 {p} “And what has 2.01.103 {p} A shadow passed 2.01.104 {p} Glóin began then 2.01.105 {p} “I will come 2.01.106 {p} Glóin looked at 2.01.107 {p} “Yes,” answered Frodo. 2.01.108 {ps} At length the 2.01.109 {p} Frodo found himself 2.01.110 {p} As Elrond entered 2.01.111 {p} Elrond went forward 2.01.112 {p} The dark figure 2.01.113 {p} “Bilbo!” cried Frodo 2.01.114 {p} “Hullo, Frodo my 2.01.115 {p} “Why weren’t you 2.01.116 {p} “Because you were 2.01.117 {p} “What were you 2.01.118 {p} “Why, sitting and 2.01.119 {p} Elrond laughed. “He 2.01.120 {p} In the meanwhile 2.01.121 {p} “I got here 2.01.122 {p} “I hear all 2.01.123 {p} “And Gandalf said: 2.01.124 {p} “Have you got 2.01.125 {p} “Yes, I’ve got 2.01.126 {p} “Well, I should 2.01.127 {p} When he had 2.01.128 {p} The music and 2.01.129 {ps} Frodo hid the 2.01.130 {p} Suddenly Bilbo looked 2.01.131 {p} “Strider!” said Frodo. 2.01.132 {p} “Well, Strider is 2.01.133 {p} “They call me 2.01.134 {p} “And why do 2.01.135 {p} “The Dúnadan,” said 2.01.136 {p} Strider looked down 2.01.137 {p} “Well, my dear 2.01.138 {p} Strider smiled. “Come 2.01.139 {ps} Frodo was left 2.01.140 {p} At first the 2.01.141 {p} There he wandered 2.01.142 {lg} Eärendil was a 2.01.143 {lg} In panoply of 2.01.144 {lg} Beneath the Moon 2.01.145 {lg} There flying Elwing 2.01.146 {lg} Through Evernight he 2.01.147 {lg} He tarried there 2.01.148 {lg} A ship then 2.01.149 {lg} From Evereven’s lofty 2.01.150 {lg} And over Middle-earth 2.01.151 {p} The chanting ceased. 2.01.152 {p} “Now we had 2.01.153 {p} Bilbo got up 2.01.154 {p} “Not too tiring 2.01.155 {p} “What!” cried Bilbo. 2.01.156 {p} “It is not 2.01.157 {p} “Nonsense, Lindir,” snorted 2.01.158 {p} “Maybe. To sheep 2.01.159 {p} “I won’t argue 2.01.160 {p} He got up 2.01.161 {p} “I am not 2.01.162 {p} “You needn’t,” said 2.01.163 {p} “I don’t know,” 2.01.164 {p} “It is difficult 2.01.165 {p} “Can we?” said 2.01.166 {p} “Of course. This 2.01.167 {ps} They got up 2.01.168 {lg} A Elbereth Gilthoniel, 2.01.169 {p} Frodo halted for 2.01.170 {p} He stood still 2.01.171 {p} He led Frodo 2.01.172 {ps} At last there 2.01.173 {p} “And begging yours, 2.01.174 {p} “Well, sir, there 2.01.175 {p} “Quite right, Sam,” Chapter 2.02: The Council of Elrond 2.02.001 {p} Next day Frodo 2.02.002 {p} On a seat 2.02.003 {p} “I feel ready 2.02.004 {p} “You may have 2.02.005 {ps} Suddenly as they 2.02.006 {p} Frodo and Bilbo 2.02.007 {p} Gandalf led them 2.02.008 {p} Elrond was there, 2.02.009 {p} “Here, my friends, 2.02.010 {p} He then pointed 2.02.011 {p} He was cloaked 2.02.012 {p} “Here,” said Elrond, 2.02.013 {ps} Not all that 2.02.014 {p} “It is now 2.02.015 {p} Glóin sighed. “Moria! 2.02.016 {p} “That was nigh 2.02.017 {p} “Then about a 2.02.018 {p} “At this we 2.02.019 {p} “At that his 2.02.020 {p} “‘Consider well, but 2.02.021 {p} “‘The time of 2.02.022 {p} “‘For the present,’ 2.02.023 {p} “Heavy have the 2.02.024 {p} “And so I 2.02.025 {p} “You have done 2.02.026 {p} “That is the 2.02.027 {p} “Now, therefore, things 2.02.028 {ps} Then all listened 2.02.029 {p} Then through all 2.02.030 {p} Of Númenor he 2.02.031 {p} Thereupon Elrond paused 2.02.032 {p} “You remember?” said 2.02.033 {p} “So it was 2.02.034 {p} “I was the 2.02.035 {p} At this the 2.02.036 {p} “Alas! yes,” said 2.02.037 {p} “‘This I will 2.02.038 {p} “Only to the 2.02.039 {p} “Fruitless did I 2.02.040 {p} “In the North 2.02.041 {p} “In the South 2.02.042 {p} “But in the 2.02.043 {p} “So it has 2.02.044 {ps} He ceased, but 2.02.045 {p} “Believe not that 2.02.046 {p} “Yet that hour, 2.02.047 {p} “Some said that 2.02.048 {p} “I was in 2.02.049 {p} “In this evil 2.02.050 {p} “In that dream 2.02.051 {lg} “Seek for the 2.02.052 {p} “Of these words 2.02.053 {ps} “And here in 2.02.054 {p} “And who are 2.02.055 {p} “He is Aragorn 2.02.056 {p} “Then it belongs 2.02.057 {p} “It does not 2.02.058 {p} “Bring out the 2.02.059 {ps} There was a 2.02.060 {p} “Behold Isildur’s Bane!” 2.02.061 {p} Boromir’s eyes glinted 2.02.062 {p} “The words were 2.02.063 {p} “I was not 2.02.064 {p} Frodo felt Bilbo 2.02.065 {lg} All that is 2.02.066 {p} “Not very good 2.02.067 {p} “I made that 2.02.068 {p} Aragorn smiled at 2.02.069 {p} “But my home, 2.02.070 {p} “If Gondor, Boromir, 2.02.071 {p} “And yet less 2.02.072 {p} “But now the 2.02.073 {p} “Isildur’s Bane is 2.02.074 {p} “That shall be 2.02.075 {p} “But not yet, 2.02.076 {p} “I had not 2.02.077 {p} “Very well,” said 2.02.078 {ps} To some there 2.02.079 {p} “Well told, my 2.02.080 {p} Then, less willingly 2.02.081 {p} “Not bad,” Bilbo 2.02.082 {p} “Yes, it made 2.02.083 {ps} Galdor of the 2.02.084 {p} “The questions that 2.02.085 {p} “Some, Galdor,” said 2.02.086 {p} “There is indeed 2.02.087 {p} “Some here will 2.02.088 {p} “But we were 2.02.089 {p} “‘At the worst,’ 2.02.090 {ps} Gandalf fell silent, 2.02.091 {p} “There I was 2.02.092 {p} “We were all 2.02.093 {p} “From the first 2.02.094 {p} “Time passed with 2.02.095 {p} “That was seventeen 2.02.096 {p} “And I,” said 2.02.097 {p} Then Gandalf told 2.02.098 {p} “‘The Nine, the 2.02.099 {p} “What those marks 2.02.100 {p} “With that thought, 2.02.101 {p} “‘If indeed you 2.02.102 {p} “So said Denethor. 2.02.103 {p} “Some in the 2.02.104 {p} “But in that 2.02.105 {qt} The Great Ring 2.02.106 {p} “And after these 2.02.107 {qt} It was hot 2.02.108 {p} “When I read 2.02.109 {p} “At once I 2.02.110 {p} “There is little 2.02.111 {p} “Yes, long and 2.02.112 {p} “And if that 2.02.113 {qt} “Ash nazg durbatulûk, 2.02.114 {p} The change in 2.02.115 {p} “Never before has 2.02.116 {p} “And let us 2.02.117 {qt} One Ring to 2.02.118 {p} “Know also, my 2.02.119 {ps} All sat silent 2.02.120 {p} “He is in 2.02.121 {p} “Alas! alas!” cried 2.02.122 {p} “Escaped?” cried Aragorn. 2.02.123 {p} “Not through lack 2.02.124 {p} “You were less 2.02.125 {p} “Now come!” said 2.02.126 {p} Glóin rose and 2.02.127 {p} “It was that 2.02.128 {p} “We have failed 2.02.129 {p} “Well, well, he 2.02.130 {p} “And now I 2.02.131 {ps} “At the end 2.02.132 {p} “‘Gandalf!’ he cried. 2.02.133 {p} “‘Your information was 2.02.134 {p} “‘I have an 2.02.135 {p} “I knew then 2.02.136 {p} “‘The Enemy must 2.02.137 {p} “‘What do you 2.02.138 {p} “‘I have been 2.02.139 {p} “‘The Shire,’ I 2.02.140 {p} “‘Saruman the White,’ 2.02.141 {p} “And that message 2.02.142 {p} “‘I will go 2.02.143 {p} “‘Then you must 2.02.144 {p} “‘Stay a moment!’ 2.02.145 {p} “‘I will do 2.02.146 {ps} “I could not 2.02.147 {p} “However, I wrote 2.02.148 {p} “Late one evening 2.02.149 {p} “But I rode 2.02.150 {p} “‘So you have 2.02.151 {p} “‘Yes, I have 2.02.152 {p} “‘Have you indeed, 2.02.153 {p} “I looked at 2.02.154 {p} “‘That may be 2.02.155 {p} “‘The Nine have 2.02.156 {p} “‘Radagast the Brown!’ 2.02.157 {p} “I looked then 2.02.158 {p} “‘I liked white 2.02.159 {p} “‘White!’ he sneered. 2.02.160 {p} “‘In which case 2.02.161 {p} “‘You need not 2.02.162 {p} “He drew himself 2.02.163 {p} “‘And listen, Gandalf, 2.02.164 {p} “‘Saruman,’ I said, 2.02.165 {p} “He looked at 2.02.166 {p} “He came and 2.02.167 {p} “‘Saruman,’ I said, 2.02.168 {p} “He was cold 2.02.169 {p} “‘Until what end?’” 2.02.170 {p} “‘Until you reveal 2.02.171 {p} “‘That may not 2.02.172 {ps} “They took me 2.02.173 {p} “That the Nine 2.02.174 {p} “I saw you!” 2.02.175 {p} Gandalf paused astonished 2.02.176 {p} “Then it was 2.02.177 {p} “At first I 2.02.178 {p} “That was the 2.02.179 {p} “So it was 2.02.180 {p} “‘How far can 2.02.181 {p} “‘Many leagues,’ said 2.02.182 {p} “‘Then I must 2.02.183 {p} “‘Then I will 2.02.184 {p} “‘Are the Men 2.02.185 {p} “‘They pay a 2.02.186 {ps} “He set me 2.02.187 {p} “Then he must 2.02.188 {p} “Nor is it 2.02.189 {p} “The shadow of 2.02.190 {p} “Not this at 2.02.191 {p} “True indeed!” said 2.02.192 {p} “But fear grew 2.02.193 {p} “‘I can’t abide 2.02.194 {p} “‘Worst is a 2.02.195 {p} “‘Butterbur they call 2.02.196 {p} “What did you 2.02.197 {p} Gandalf laughed. “Don’t 2.02.198 {p} “‘Strider!’ I cried, 2.02.199 {p} “‘Yes, sir, I 2.02.200 {p} “‘Ass! Fool! Thrice 2.02.201 {ps} “So I stayed 2.02.202 {p} “I do not 2.02.203 {p} “I galloped to 2.02.204 {p} “At sunrise I 2.02.205 {p} “I reached here 2.02.206 {p} “And that, Frodo, 2.02.207 {p} “Well, the Tale 2.02.208 {ps} There was a 2.02.209 {p} “This is grievous 2.02.210 {p} “The Barrow-wights we 2.02.211 {p} “He would not 2.02.212 {p} “Could we not 2.02.213 {p} “No, I should 2.02.214 {p} “But within those 2.02.215 {p} “No,” said Gandalf, 2.02.216 {p} “But in any 2.02.217 {p} “I know little 2.02.218 {p} “I have not 2.02.219 {p} “Then if the 2.02.220 {p} “But Gandalf has 2.02.221 {p} “Then,” said Glorfindel, 2.02.222 {p} “Not safe for 2.02.223 {p} “And that we 2.02.224 {p} “Long yet will 2.02.225 {p} “And yet its 2.02.226 {p} “Then,” said Erestor, 2.02.227 {p} “None here can 2.02.228 {ps} Silence fell again. 2.02.229 {p} “I do not 2.02.230 {p} “The Men of 2.02.231 {p} “Alas, no,” said 2.02.232 {p} “Nor I,” said 2.02.233 {p} Boromir looked at 2.02.234 {p} “Who can tell?” 2.02.235 {p} “May the day 2.02.236 {p} “Then be comforted,” 2.02.237 {p} “Still it might 2.02.238 {p} “Balin will find 2.02.239 {p} “Ah, alas!” cried 2.02.240 {p} The Elves returned 2.02.241 {p} “But what then 2.02.242 {p} “We know not 2.02.243 {p} “Yet all the 2.02.244 {p} “Thus we return 2.02.245 {p} “Despair, or folly?” 2.02.246 {p} “At least for 2.02.247 {ps} “Very well, very 2.02.248 {p} Boromir looked in 2.02.249 {p} “Of course, my 2.02.250 {p} Bilbo laughed. “I 2.02.251 {p} “The messengers who 2.02.252 {p} “Exactly! And who 2.02.253 {ps} No one answered. 2.02.254 {p} “I will take 2.02.255 {ps} Elrond raised his 2.02.256 {p} “But it is 2.02.257 {p} “But you won’t 2.02.258 {p} “No indeed!” said 2.02.259 {p} Sam sat down, Chapter 2.03: The Ring Goes South 2.03.001 {p} Later that day 2.03.002 {p} “It’s most unfair,” 2.03.003 {p} “Rewards!” said Frodo. 2.03.004 {p} “I don’t wonder,” 2.03.005 {p} “That’s what I 2.03.006 {p} “Then you certainly 2.03.007 {p} “Nothing decided!” cried 2.03.008 {p} “Talking,” said Bilbo. 2.03.009 {p} “You were wrong,” 2.03.010 {p} “Well, anyway,” said 2.03.011 {p} “Yes,” said the 2.03.012 {p} “Ah!” said Sam 2.03.013 {p} “That can’t be 2.03.014 {lg} “When winter first 2.03.015 {p} “But that I 2.03.016 {p} “I am afraid 2.03.017 {p} “I thought they 2.03.018 {p} “You cannot destroy 2.03.019 {p} So great was 2.03.020 {p} “How long do 2.03.021 {p} “Oh, I don’t 2.03.022 {p} “Yes, several, and 2.03.023 {p} “Oh, that won’t 2.03.024 {p} “It will do 2.03.025 {p} “Ah!” said Sam. 2.03.026 {ps} For a while 2.03.027 {p} So the days 2.03.028 {ps} The hobbits had 2.03.029 {p} In no region 2.03.030 {p} “Eight out of 2.03.031 {p} “If that is 2.03.032 {ps} Elrond summoned the 2.03.033 {p} “I do,” said 2.03.034 {p} “Then I cannot 2.03.035 {p} “And I will 2.03.036 {p} “The Company of 2.03.037 {p} “For the rest, 2.03.038 {p} “Strider!” cried Frodo. 2.03.039 {p} “Yes,” he said 2.03.040 {p} “I would have 2.03.041 {p} “I am,” said 2.03.042 {p} “There remain two 2.03.043 {p} “But that will 2.03.044 {p} “That is because 2.03.045 {p} “Neither does Frodo,” 2.03.046 {p} “You speak gravely,” 2.03.047 {p} “Then, Master Elrond, 2.03.048 {p} “Let it be 2.03.049 {ps} The Sword of 2.03.050 {p} Aragorn and Gandalf 2.03.051 {p} In those last 2.03.052 {p} On the morning 2.03.053 {p} “Here is your 2.03.054 {p} He took from 2.03.055 {p} Frodo accepted it 2.03.056 {p} “Also there is 2.03.057 {p} “It’s a pretty 2.03.058 {p} “I should look 2.03.059 {p} “Just what I 2.03.060 {p} “Very well, I 2.03.061 {p} “Just a plain 2.03.062 {p} “I cannot thank 2.03.063 {p} “Don’t try!” said 2.03.064 {lg} I sit beside 2.03.065 {lg} Of yellow leaves 2.03.066 {lg} I sit beside 2.03.067 {lg} For still there 2.03.068 {lg} I sit beside 2.03.069 {lg} But all the 2.03.070 {p} It was a 2.03.071 {p} “You should fear 2.03.072 {ps} The Company took 2.03.073 {p} “Loud and clear 2.03.074 {p} “Slow should you 2.03.075 {p} “Maybe,” said Boromir. 2.03.076 {p} Gimli the dwarf 2.03.077 {p} All were well 2.03.078 {p} The stay in 2.03.079 {p} “That animal can 2.03.080 {ps} Their farewells had 2.03.081 {p} Sam was standing 2.03.082 {p} “Bill, my lad,” 2.03.083 {p} Sam eased the 2.03.084 {p} “Rope!” he muttered. 2.03.085 {ps} At that moment 2.03.086 {p} “Faithless is he 2.03.087 {p} “Maybe,” said Elrond, 2.03.088 {p} “Yet sworn word 2.03.089 {p} “Or break it,” 2.03.090 {p} “Good…good luck!” cried 2.03.091 {ps} Many others of 2.03.092 {p} They crossed the 2.03.093 {ps} At the Ford 2.03.094 {p} Gandalf walked in 2.03.095 {p} At first it 2.03.096 {ps} They had been 2.03.097 {p} Away in the 2.03.098 {p} Gandalf stood at 2.03.099 {p} “Dangerous or not, 2.03.100 {p} “But the mountains 2.03.101 {p} “No,” said Gandalf. 2.03.102 {p} “Yes I did, 2.03.103 {p} “I need no 2.03.104 {p} “Only once before 2.03.105 {p} “There the Misty 2.03.106 {p} “It is for 2.03.107 {p} “Dark is the 2.03.108 {p} “May you have 2.03.109 {p} He paused. 2.03.110 {p} “Yes, and where 2.03.111 {p} “To the end 2.03.112 {p} “That is true,” 2.03.113 {ps} That morning they 2.03.114 {p} “What is the 2.03.115 {p} “No indeed,” he 2.03.116 {p} Gandalf looked up 2.03.117 {p} “I hope that 2.03.118 {p} “Then we must 2.03.119 {ps} It was Sam’s 2.03.120 {p} “What’s that, Strider? 2.03.121 {p} “Lie flat and 2.03.122 {p} Not until they 2.03.123 {p} “Regiments of black 2.03.124 {p} “And in that 2.03.125 {p} “Luckily our fire 2.03.126 {ps} “Well if that 2.03.127 {p} “Well, you can 2.03.128 {p} “Too warm, I 2.03.129 {p} All that day 2.03.130 {p} Guided by Aragorn 2.03.131 {p} It was the 2.03.132 {p} “Did you see 2.03.133 {p} “No, but I 2.03.134 {p} “It was moving 2.03.135 {ps} Nothing further happened 2.03.136 {p} There was a 2.03.137 {p} “Winter deepens behind 2.03.138 {p} Frodo overheard these 2.03.139 {p} “I think no 2.03.140 {p} “Who knows indeed!” 2.03.141 {p} “But let us 2.03.142 {p} “We must decide 2.03.143 {p} “Then let us 2.03.144 {ps} In the late 2.03.145 {p} “From signs that 2.03.146 {p} “I will add 2.03.147 {p} “And Bill could 2.03.148 {p} “Very well,” said 2.03.149 {ps} The Company set 2.03.150 {p} Laboriously they climbed 2.03.151 {p} They went on. 2.03.152 {p} “I don’t like 2.03.153 {p} Gandalf halted. Snow 2.03.154 {p} “This is what 2.03.155 {p} “That I feared 2.03.156 {p} “I wonder if 2.03.157 {p} “His arm has 2.03.158 {p} “His arm has 2.03.159 {ps} While they were 2.03.160 {p} The Company halted 2.03.161 {p} “We cannot go 2.03.162 {p} “I do call 2.03.163 {p} “Caradhras was called 2.03.164 {p} “It matters little 2.03.165 {p} “But what can 2.03.166 {p} “Either stop where 2.03.167 {p} “And it is 2.03.168 {p} “Shelter!” muttered Sam. 2.03.169 {ps} The Company now 2.03.170 {p} They huddled together 2.03.171 {p} A great sleepiness 2.03.172 {p} But I wanted 2.03.173 {p} “This will be 2.03.174 {p} “Give them this,” 2.03.175 {p} As soon as 2.03.176 {p} “What do you 2.03.177 {p} “You may make 2.03.178 {p} But though they 2.03.179 {p} “If there are 2.03.180 {p} But the Company 2.03.181 {p} But the wood 2.03.182 {ps} The fire burned 2.03.183 {p} “The night is 2.03.184 {p} “If any dawn 2.03.185 {p} Boromir stepped out 2.03.186 {p} Frodo gazed wearily 2.03.187 {p} As the light 2.03.188 {p} Gimli looked up 2.03.189 {p} To this all 2.03.190 {p} “If Gandalf would 2.03.191 {p} “If Elves could 2.03.192 {p} “Well,” said Boromir, 2.03.193 {p} “Then let us 2.03.194 {p} Aragorn was the 2.03.195 {p} Legolas watched them 2.03.196 {p} With that he 2.03.197 {p} “Farewell!” he said 2.03.198 {ps} The others waited 2.03.199 {p} An hour, maybe, 2.03.200 {p} “Well,” cried Legolas 2.03.201 {p} “Ah, it is 2.03.202 {p} “But happily your 2.03.203 {p} “But how are 2.03.204 {p} “Have hope!” said 2.03.205 {p} He lifted up 2.03.206 {p} They came at 2.03.207 {p} After a while 2.03.208 {p} “Enough, enough!” cried 2.03.209 {p} As Legolas had 2.03.210 {p} The morning was 2.03.211 {p} Frodo’s legs ached. 2.03.212 {p} “The birds again!” 2.03.213 {p} “That cannot be 2.03.214 {p} A cold wind Chapter 2.04: A Journey in the Dark 2.04.001 {p} It was evening, 2.04.002 {p} “We cannot, of 2.04.003 {p} “And then where 2.04.004 {p} “We still have 2.04.005 {p} Pippin’s face brightened 2.04.006 {p} “I wish I 2.04.007 {p} “You are right, 2.04.008 {p} “Then we must 2.04.009 {p} “There is a 2.04.010 {p} “If it is 2.04.011 {p} “The road that 2.04.012 {p} “The road may 2.04.013 {p} “It is a 2.04.014 {p} “Things have changed 2.04.015 {p} “As for the 2.04.016 {p} “Since our open 2.04.017 {p} “We do not 2.04.018 {p} “You speak of 2.04.019 {p} “There is even 2.04.020 {p} “I will tread 2.04.021 {p} “Good, Gimli!” said 2.04.022 {p} “I too once 2.04.023 {p} “And I don’t 2.04.024 {p} “Nor me,” muttered 2.04.025 {p} “Of course not!” 2.04.026 {p} “I will,” said 2.04.027 {p} “I will,” said 2.04.028 {p} “I will not 2.04.029 {p} “I do not 2.04.030 {p} The hobbits said 2.04.031 {p} At these words 2.04.032 {ps} Suddenly Aragorn leapt 2.04.033 {p} “Need we wait 2.04.034 {p} “How far is 2.04.035 {p} “There was a 2.04.036 {p} “Then let us 2.04.037 {p} “True!” said Aragorn, 2.04.038 {p} “I wish I 2.04.039 {p} “My heart’s right 2.04.040 {ps} For their defence 2.04.041 {p} Round the fire 2.04.042 {p} Gandalf stood up 2.04.043 {p} The wolf snarled 2.04.044 {ps} The night was 2.04.045 {p} “Fling fuel on 2.04.046 {p} In the leaping 2.04.047 {p} In the wavering 2.04.048 {p} “Naur an edraith 2.04.049 {p} There was a 2.04.050 {p} Slowly the fire 2.04.051 {p} “What did I 2.04.052 {ps} When the full 2.04.053 {p} “It is as 2.04.054 {p} That day the 2.04.055 {p} “We must reach 2.04.056 {p} “There it lies,” 2.04.057 {p} “I do not 2.04.058 {ps} Gimli now walked 2.04.059 {p} The morning was 2.04.060 {p} Suddenly Gimli, who 2.04.061 {p} “Ah! Here it 2.04.062 {ps} The Company were 2.04.063 {p} At length they 2.04.064 {p} “Indeed things have 2.04.065 {p} They found the 2.04.066 {p} “There are the 2.04.067 {p} “We must find 2.04.068 {p} “But in any 2.04.069 {p} “Poor old Bill!” 2.04.070 {p} “I am sorry,” 2.04.071 {ps} The day was 2.04.072 {p} When they came 2.04.073 {p} As Sam, the 2.04.074 {p} Gandalf now pressed 2.04.075 {p} “Well, here we 2.04.076 {p} “It was not 2.04.077 {p} “I have not 2.04.078 {p} “I have heard 2.04.079 {p} Turning to the 2.04.080 {p} “But you can’t 2.04.081 {p} “I am sorry, 2.04.082 {p} “He’d follow Mr. 2.04.083 {p} “It will be 2.04.084 {p} “There, Sam! He 2.04.085 {p} Sam stood sullenly 2.04.086 {p} When this was 2.04.087 {p} “Well, here we 2.04.088 {p} “Dwarf-doors are not 2.04.089 {p} “But this Door 2.04.090 {p} He walked forward 2.04.091 {p} “Look!” he said. 2.04.092 {p} The Moon now 2.04.093 {p} At the top, 2.04.094 {p} “There are the 2.04.095 {p} “And there is 2.04.096 {p} “And the Star 2.04.097 {p} “What does the 2.04.098 {p} “The words are 2.04.099 {p} “What does it 2.04.100 {p} “That is plain 2.04.101 {p} “Yes,” said Gandalf, 2.04.102 {p} “It is,” said 2.04.103 {p} “But do not 2.04.104 {p} “No!” said the 2.04.105 {p} The others looked 2.04.106 {p} “Then what was 2.04.107 {p} “The answer to 2.04.108 {p} “If you wish 2.04.109 {p} “What are you 2.04.110 {p} “Knock on the 2.04.111 {p} “I once knew 2.04.112 {p} He stepped up 2.04.113 {lg} Annon edhellen, edro 2.04.114 {p} he said in 2.04.115 {p} Many times he 2.04.116 {p} Again Gandalf approached 2.04.117 {ps} At that moment 2.04.118 {p} “Do not let 2.04.119 {p} The stone vanished 2.04.120 {p} “Why did you 2.04.121 {p} “I wish we 2.04.122 {p} “Why doesn’t Gandalf 2.04.123 {p} Gandalf took no 2.04.124 {p} With a suddenness 2.04.125 {p} Picking up his 2.04.126 {p} The star shone 2.04.127 {p} “I was wrong 2.04.128 {ps} He strode forward 2.04.129 {p} Out from the 2.04.130 {p} The arm let 2.04.131 {p} “Into the gateway! 2.04.132 {p} They were just 2.04.133 {p} Sam, clinging to 2.04.134 {p} They heard Gandalf 2.04.135 {ps} “Well, well!” said 2.04.136 {p} “I felt that 2.04.137 {p} “I do not 2.04.138 {p} Boromir muttered under 2.04.139 {p} “I will,” said 2.04.140 {ps} As the wizard 2.04.141 {p} “Let us sit 2.04.142 {p} The proposal was 2.04.143 {p} “It will not 2.04.144 {p} “How long is 2.04.145 {p} “I cannot say,” 2.04.146 {ps} After only a 2.04.147 {p} The passage twisted 2.04.148 {p} Gimli aided Gandalf 2.04.149 {ps} “Do not be 2.04.150 {p} It was well 2.04.151 {p} “Rope!” muttered Sam. 2.04.152 {ps} As these dangers 2.04.153 {p} The Company behind 2.04.154 {ps} It was after 2.04.155 {p} “I have no 2.04.156 {p} “Poor old Bill!” 2.04.157 {p} To the left 2.04.158 {p} “Steady! Steady!” cried 2.04.159 {p} He went in 2.04.160 {p} “One of you 2.04.161 {p} “This seems to 2.04.162 {p} Pippin felt curiously 2.04.163 {p} “What’s that?” cried 2.04.164 {p} Nothing more was 2.04.165 {p} “That was the 2.04.166 {p} “Yes,” said Gandalf, 2.04.167 {p} Pippin sat miserably 2.04.168 {p} Actually Gandalf was 2.04.169 {p} “Get into a 2.04.170 {p} “I know what 2.04.171 {p} The last thing 2.04.172 {ps} It was Gandalf 2.04.173 {p} For eight dark 2.04.174 {p} In this way 2.04.175 {ps} They had marched 2.04.176 {p} Gandalf seemed pleased. 2.04.177 {p} He raised his 2.04.178 {p} “That is all 2.04.179 {ps} The Company spent 2.04.180 {p} “There must have 2.04.181 {p} “These are not 2.04.182 {p} He rose and 2.04.183 {lg} The world was 2.04.184 {lg} The world was 2.04.185 {lg} A king he 2.04.186 {lg} There hammer on 2.04.187 {lg} Unwearied then were 2.04.188 {lg} The world is 2.04.189 {p} “I like that!” 2.04.190 {p} Gimli was silent. 2.04.191 {p} “Piles of jewels?” 2.04.192 {p} “Then what do 2.04.193 {p} “For mithril,” answered 2.04.194 {p} “Mithril! All folk 2.04.195 {p} “What?” cried Gimli, 2.04.196 {p} “Yes,” said Gandalf. 2.04.197 {p} Frodo said nothing, 2.04.198 {ps} A deep silence 2.04.199 {p} His watch was 2.04.200 {p} When he lay 2.04.201 {p} Frodo sat up. 2.04.202 {p} “I shall be 2.04.203 {ps} After they had 2.04.204 {p} “No indeed!” said 2.04.205 {p} “Maybe,” said Gandalf. 2.04.206 {p} Following his lead 2.04.207 {p} Their feet disturbed 2.04.208 {p} “It looks like 2.04.209 {p} “These are Daeron’s 2.04.210 {qt} “BALIN SON OF 2.04.211 {p} “He is dead Chapter 2.05: The Bridge of Khazad-dûm 2.05.001 {p} The Company of 2.05.002 {p} At length they 2.05.003 {p} There were many 2.05.004 {p} At last Gandalf 2.05.005 {p} “We drove out 2.05.006 {p} “The Chamber of 2.05.007 {p} “Well, I can 2.05.008 {ps} Gandalf paused and 2.05.009 {p} “That would be 2.05.010 {p} “I fear he 2.05.011 {p} “It is grim 2.05.012 {p} A sudden dread 2.05.013 {p} Gandalf raised his 2.05.014 {p} “Which way shall 2.05.015 {p} “Back to the 2.05.016 {ps} Gandalf had hardly 2.05.017 {p} “They are coming!” 2.05.018 {p} “We cannot get 2.05.019 {p} “Trapped!” cried Gandalf. 2.05.020 {p} Doom, doom came 2.05.021 {p} “Slam the doors 2.05.022 {p} “No!” said Gandalf. 2.05.023 {p} Another harsh horn-call 2.05.024 {p} “Wait a moment! 2.05.025 {p} “Who comes hither 2.05.026 {p} There was a 2.05.027 {p} With a quick 2.05.028 {p} “There are Orcs, 2.05.029 {p} “And no hope 2.05.030 {p} “There is no 2.05.031 {ps} Heavy feet were 2.05.032 {p} Boromir leaped forward 2.05.033 {p} Suddenly, and to 2.05.034 {p} “One for the 2.05.035 {p} There was a 2.05.036 {p} How many there 2.05.037 {p} “Now is the 2.05.038 {p} But even as 2.05.039 {p} Doom, doom went 2.05.040 {p} “Now!” shouted Gandalf. 2.05.041 {ps} Aragorn picked up 2.05.042 {p} “I am all 2.05.043 {p} Aragorn nearly dropped 2.05.044 {p} “Not yet!” said 2.05.045 {p} “We cannot leave 2.05.046 {p} “Do as I 2.05.047 {ps} The passage was 2.05.048 {p} Suddenly at the 2.05.049 {p} “Well, well! That’s 2.05.050 {ps} They stumbled after 2.05.051 {p} At the end 2.05.052 {p} “It is getting 2.05.053 {p} Gimli took his 2.05.054 {p} “I do not 2.05.055 {p} “As I stood 2.05.056 {p} “What it was 2.05.057 {p} “I am afraid 2.05.058 {p} “What about me?” 2.05.059 {p} “Well,” said Aragorn, 2.05.060 {p} “Well, it did 2.05.061 {p} “You take after 2.05.062 {ps} They now went 2.05.063 {p} “Ghâsh!” muttered Gandalf. 2.05.064 {p} Soon the light 2.05.065 {p} When they came 2.05.066 {p} “There is some 2.05.067 {p} They peered out. 2.05.068 {p} “If we had 2.05.069 {p} Even as he 2.05.070 {p} “Now for the 2.05.071 {p} He turned left 2.05.072 {p} Boromir laughed. “They 2.05.073 {p} “Look ahead!” called 2.05.074 {p} Suddenly Frodo saw 2.05.075 {p} “Lead the way, 2.05.076 {p} Arrows fell among 2.05.077 {p} Legolas turned and 2.05.078 {p} It came to 2.05.079 {p} “Ai! ai!” wailed 2.05.080 {p} Gimli stared with 2.05.081 {p} “A Balrog,” muttered 2.05.082 {ps} The dark figure 2.05.083 {p} “Over the bridge!” 2.05.084 {p} The Balrog reached 2.05.085 {p} “You cannot pass,” 2.05.086 {p} The Balrog made 2.05.087 {p} From out of 2.05.088 {p} Glamdring glittered white 2.05.089 {p} There was a 2.05.090 {p} “You cannot pass!” 2.05.091 {p} With a bound 2.05.092 {p} “He cannot stand 2.05.093 {p} “Gondor!” cried Boromir 2.05.094 {p} At that moment 2.05.095 {p} With a terrible 2.05.096 {ps} The fires went 2.05.097 {p} “Come! I will 2.05.098 {p} They stumbled wildly 2.05.099 {p} They ran on. 2.05.100 {p} There was a 2.05.101 {p} Thus, at last, 2.05.102 {p} They did not 2.05.103 {p} They looked back. Chapter 2.06: Lothlórien 2.06.001 {p} “Alas! I fear 2.06.002 {p} He turned to 2.06.003 {p} They rose and 2.06.004 {p} “Yonder is the 2.06.005 {p} “Or Caradhras less 2.06.006 {p} To the east 2.06.007 {p} “There lies the 2.06.008 {ps} The Company now 2.06.009 {p} “That is Durin’s 2.06.010 {p} “Be swift then!” 2.06.011 {p} “Come with me, 2.06.012 {p} Beside the standing 2.06.013 {p} They stooped over 2.06.014 {p} “O Kheled-zâram fair 2.06.015 {p} “What did you 2.06.016 {ps} The road now 2.06.017 {p} “Here is the 2.06.018 {p} “Soon it becomes 2.06.019 {p} “There lie the 2.06.020 {p} “My heart will 2.06.021 {ps} For some time 2.06.022 {p} At last Legolas 2.06.023 {p} “I am sorry, 2.06.024 {p} Soon afterwards they 2.06.025 {p} While Gimli and 2.06.026 {p} “Good luck, Sam!” 2.06.027 {p} He opened his 2.06.028 {p} “I am all 2.06.029 {p} “No!” said Aragorn. 2.06.030 {p} “Look, my friends!” 2.06.031 {p} “And all the 2.06.032 {p} “I have often 2.06.033 {p} There was a 2.06.034 {p} “The mail is 2.06.035 {ps} When they had 2.06.036 {p} It was dark. 2.06.037 {p} “Not a sound 2.06.038 {p} Frodo did not 2.06.039 {p} “What is it?” 2.06.040 {p} “I don’t know,” 2.06.041 {p} Gimli halted and 2.06.042 {ps} The night-wind blew 2.06.043 {p} “Lothlórien!” cried Legolas. 2.06.044 {p} Under the night 2.06.045 {p} “Lothlórien!” said Aragorn. 2.06.046 {p} “If Elves indeed 2.06.047 {p} “It is long 2.06.048 {p} “Indeed deep in 2.06.049 {p} He stepped forward; 2.06.050 {p} “What other fairer 2.06.051 {p} “A plain road, 2.06.052 {p} “Say not unscathed, 2.06.053 {p} “Then lead on!” 2.06.054 {p} “Perilous indeed,” said 2.06.055 {ps} They had gone 2.06.056 {p} “Here is Nimrodel!” 2.06.057 {p} “Follow me!” he 2.06.058 {p} One by one 2.06.059 {ps} When all the 2.06.060 {p} At length a 2.06.061 {p} “Do you hear 2.06.062 {lg} An Elven-maid there 2.06.063 {lg} A star was 2.06.064 {lg} Her hair was 2.06.065 {lg} Beside the falls 2.06.066 {lg} Where now she 2.06.067 {lg} The elven-ship in 2.06.068 {lg} A wind by 2.06.069 {lg} When dawn came 2.06.070 {lg} Amroth beheld the 2.06.071 {lg} Of old he 2.06.072 {lg} From helm to 2.06.073 {lg} The wind was 2.06.074 {lg} But from the 2.06.075 {p} The voice of 2.06.076 {p} “But the Dwarves 2.06.077 {p} “I said not 2.06.078 {p} “It is told 2.06.079 {p} “And even in 2.06.080 {p} “Your words bring 2.06.081 {ps} The Company now 2.06.082 {p} “I will climb 2.06.083 {p} “Whatever it may 2.06.084 {p} “Then dig a 2.06.085 {p} “Daro!” it said 2.06.086 {p} “Stand still!” he 2.06.087 {p} There was a 2.06.088 {p} “Who are they, 2.06.089 {p} “They’re Elves,” said 2.06.090 {p} “Yes, they are 2.06.091 {ps} Out of the 2.06.092 {p} When Frodo came 2.06.093 {p} “Welcome!” the Elf 2.06.094 {p} “But we have 2.06.095 {p} “Eight,” said Legolas. 2.06.096 {p} “The name of 2.06.097 {p} “The eighth is 2.06.098 {p} “A dwarf!” said 2.06.099 {p} “But he is 2.06.100 {p} The Elves spoke 2.06.101 {p} “But now we 2.06.102 {p} “The four hobbits 2.06.103 {ps} Legolas at once 2.06.104 {p} “There!” said Merry 2.06.105 {p} “You had no 2.06.106 {p} The hobbits accepted 2.06.107 {p} Pippin went on 2.06.108 {p} “Once I do 2.06.109 {ps} Frodo lay for 2.06.110 {p} Late in the 2.06.111 {p} A head appeared 2.06.112 {p} “What is it?” 2.06.113 {p} “Yrch!” said the 2.06.114 {p} “Orcs!” said Frodo. 2.06.115 {p} There were no 2.06.116 {p} Not Elves; for 2.06.117 {p} Something was now 2.06.118 {p} Immediately afterwards Haldir 2.06.119 {p} “I did not 2.06.120 {p} “Orophin has now 2.06.121 {ps} Day came pale 2.06.122 {p} The morning was 2.06.123 {p} They went back 2.06.124 {p} “There is one 2.06.125 {p} “Celebrant is already 2.06.126 {p} “I can walk 2.06.127 {p} “No!” said Haldir. 2.06.128 {p} When this slender 2.06.129 {p} He breathed with 2.06.130 {p} When at length 2.06.131 {p} “Now, friends,” said 2.06.132 {p} “As was agreed, 2.06.133 {p} This was not 2.06.134 {p} “I do not 2.06.135 {p} Gimli was obstinate. 2.06.136 {p} “You cannot go 2.06.137 {p} Gimli drew his 2.06.138 {p} “Come!” said Aragorn. 2.06.139 {p} Gimli laughed suddenly. 2.06.140 {p} “I am an 2.06.141 {p} “Now let us 2.06.142 {p} “I shall claim 2.06.143 {p} “You will have 2.06.144 {p} “Alas for the 2.06.145 {p} “Folly it may 2.06.146 {p} “The rivers long 2.06.147 {p} “You ought at 2.06.148 {p} “Happy folk are 2.06.149 {p} “I cannot,” said 2.06.150 {p} “Not even to 2.06.151 {p} “Some there are 2.06.152 {p} As they spoke 2.06.153 {p} As soon as 2.06.154 {ps} All that day 2.06.155 {p} A marching host 2.06.156 {p} “Also,” said Haldir, 2.06.157 {p} He removed the 2.06.158 {p} When his eyes 2.06.159 {p} “Behold! You are 2.06.160 {ps} The others cast 2.06.161 {p} He turned and 2.06.162 {p} Haldir looked at 2.06.163 {p} They followed him 2.06.164 {p} They entered the 2.06.165 {p} Haldir had gone 2.06.166 {p} As he stepped 2.06.167 {p} Frodo looked and 2.06.168 {p} “There lies the 2.06.169 {p} At the hill’s 2.06.170 {p} “Here is the Chapter 2.07: The Mirror of Galadriel 2.07.001 {p} The sun was 2.07.002 {p} Suddenly they came 2.07.003 {p} “Welcome to Caras 2.07.004 {ps} There was a 2.07.005 {p} Haldir knocked and 2.07.006 {p} They went along 2.07.007 {p} “Here dwell Celeborn 2.07.008 {p} One of the 2.07.009 {ps} As he climbed 2.07.010 {p} The chamber was 2.07.011 {p} Haldir led Frodo 2.07.012 {p} “Sit now beside 2.07.013 {p} Each of the 2.07.014 {p} “Welcome son of 2.07.015 {p} “Welcome Gimli son 2.07.016 {ps} When all the 2.07.017 {p} “Nay, there was 2.07.018 {p} “Alas!” said Aragorn. 2.07.019 {p} At these words 2.07.020 {p} “We have not 2.07.021 {p} “Yet our grief 2.07.022 {p} “Tell us now 2.07.023 {p} Then Aragorn recounted 2.07.024 {p} “It was a 2.07.025 {p} “Indeed I saw 2.07.026 {p} “Alas!” said Celeborn. 2.07.027 {p} “He would be 2.07.028 {p} “Dark is the 2.07.029 {p} He rose clumsily 2.07.030 {ps} There was a 2.07.031 {p} “Your quest is 2.07.032 {p} “I it was 2.07.033 {p} And with that 2.07.034 {p} At length the 2.07.035 {p} “Go now!” said 2.07.036 {ps} That night the 2.07.037 {p} “What did you 2.07.038 {p} “I never thought 2.07.039 {p} “That’s funny,” said 2.07.040 {p} All of them, 2.07.041 {p} “And it seemed 2.07.042 {p} “To me it 2.07.043 {p} And as for 2.07.044 {p} “Yes,” said Frodo; 2.07.045 {p} “Well, have a 2.07.046 {p} “Speak no evil 2.07.047 {p} The others soon 2.07.048 {ps} They remained some 2.07.049 {p} They had not 2.07.050 {p} Now as the 2.07.051 {p} Mithrandir, Mithrandir sang 2.07.052 {p} It was Frodo 2.07.053 {lg} When evening in 2.07.054 {lg} From Wilderland to 2.07.055 {lg} With Dwarf and 2.07.056 {lg} A deadly sword, 2.07.057 {lg} A lord of 2.07.058 {lg} He stood upon 2.07.059 {p} “Why, you’ll be 2.07.060 {p} “No, I am 2.07.061 {p} “Well, Mr. Frodo, 2.07.062 {lg} “The finest rockets 2.07.063 {p} “Though that doesn’t 2.07.064 {p} “No, I’ll leave 2.07.065 {ps} One evening Frodo 2.07.066 {p} “What do you 2.07.067 {p} “I have indeed!” 2.07.068 {p} “You can see 2.07.069 {p} “Well,” said Sam, 2.07.070 {p} “I wouldn’t,” said 2.07.071 {p} “You’re right,” said 2.07.072 {p} “It’s the job 2.07.073 {p} “I am afraid 2.07.074 {p} Even as he 2.07.075 {p} Turning aside, she 2.07.076 {p} With water from 2.07.077 {p} The air was 2.07.078 {p} “Many things I 2.07.079 {p} Frodo did not 2.07.080 {p} “And you?” she 2.07.081 {p} “I did,” said 2.07.082 {p} “And I’d not 2.07.083 {p} “Like as not,” 2.07.084 {p} Sam climbed up 2.07.085 {p} “There’s only stars, 2.07.086 {p} “Hi!” cried Sam 2.07.087 {p} But now Sam 2.07.088 {p} “There’s some devilry 2.07.089 {p} “You cannot go 2.07.090 {p} Sam sat on 2.07.091 {ps} “Do you now 2.07.092 {p} “Do you advise 2.07.093 {p} “No,” she said. 2.07.094 {p} “I will look,” 2.07.095 {p} The vision now 2.07.096 {p} Then there was 2.07.097 {p} But suddenly the 2.07.098 {p} Then the Eye 2.07.099 {p} “Do not touch 2.07.100 {p} “I know what 2.07.101 {p} She lifted up 2.07.102 {p} “Yes,” she said, 2.07.103 {p} “He suspects, but 2.07.104 {p} Frodo bent his 2.07.105 {p} “That what should 2.07.106 {p} “You are wise 2.07.107 {p} Galadriel laughed with 2.07.108 {p} “And now at 2.07.109 {p} She lifted up 2.07.110 {p} “I pass the 2.07.111 {ps} They stood for 2.07.112 {p} “I would ask 2.07.113 {p} “You have not 2.07.114 {p} “No, Lady,” he 2.07.115 {p} “I would,” she Chapter 2.08: Farewell to Lórien 2.08.001 {p} That night the 2.08.002 {p} “Now is the 2.08.003 {p} There was a 2.08.004 {p} “As for me,” 2.08.005 {p} “That is true,” 2.08.006 {p} “We have not 2.08.007 {p} “Maybe not,” said 2.08.008 {p} “On which side 2.08.009 {p} “If my advice 2.08.010 {p} “I see that 2.08.011 {p} “And one Hobbit!” 2.08.012 {p} “That is well,” 2.08.013 {p} Aragorn thanked Celeborn 2.08.014 {p} “All shall be 2.08.015 {p} “Good night, my 2.08.016 {ps} The Company now 2.08.017 {p} For a long 2.08.018 {p} His own plan, 2.08.019 {p} “I shall go 2.08.020 {p} Frodo caught something 2.08.021 {ps} In the morning, 2.08.022 {p} “Cram,” he said 2.08.023 {p} “No more, no 2.08.024 {p} “I thought it 2.08.025 {p} “So it is,” 2.08.026 {p} “Indeed it is,” 2.08.027 {p} “All the same, 2.08.028 {p} The Elves next 2.08.029 {p} “Are these magic 2.08.030 {p} “I do not 2.08.031 {ps} After their morning 2.08.032 {p} “I have returned 2.08.033 {p} As they walked 2.08.034 {p} They had gone 2.08.035 {p} On the bank 2.08.036 {p} “What are these?” 2.08.037 {p} “Ropes indeed!” answered 2.08.038 {p} “You don’t need 2.08.039 {p} “They are made 2.08.040 {p} “Come!” said Haldir. 2.08.041 {p} “Heed the words!” 2.08.042 {ps} The Company was 2.08.043 {p} They turned a 2.08.044 {lg} I sang of 2.08.045 {p} Aragorn stayed his 2.08.046 {p} “Though you have 2.08.047 {p} The Swan passed 2.08.048 {ps} After they had 2.08.049 {p} “As you go 2.08.050 {p} “Boromir, and any 2.08.051 {p} “Indeed we have 2.08.052 {p} “I have myself 2.08.053 {p} “Then I need 2.08.054 {ps} Now Galadriel rose 2.08.055 {p} “Now it is 2.08.056 {p} Then she brought 2.08.057 {p} “We have drunk 2.08.058 {p} “Here is the 2.08.059 {p} “The blade that 2.08.060 {p} And Aragorn answered: 2.08.061 {p} “Yet maybe this 2.08.062 {p} Then Aragorn took 2.08.063 {p} The Lady bowed 2.08.064 {p} “For you little 2.08.065 {p} Sam went red 2.08.066 {p} “And what gift 2.08.067 {p} “None, Lady,” answered 2.08.068 {p} “Hear all ye 2.08.069 {p} “There is nothing, 2.08.070 {p} The Elves stirred 2.08.071 {p} “Treasure it, Lady,” 2.08.072 {p} Then the Lady 2.08.073 {p} “And you, Ring-bearer,” 2.08.074 {p} Frodo took the 2.08.075 {ps} Now the Lady 2.08.076 {p} Even as they 2.08.077 {p} Yet as is 2.08.078 {lg} Ai! laurië lantar 2.08.079 {lg} Sí man i 2.08.080 {lg} An sí Tintallë 2.08.081 {lg} Namárië! Nai hiruvalyë 2.08.082 {p} “Ah! like gold 2.08.083 {ps} Suddenly the River 2.08.084 {p} The travellers now 2.08.085 {p} “I have looked 2.08.086 {p} “Tell me, Legolas, 2.08.087 {p} “Nay!” said Legolas. 2.08.088 {p} “Maybe,” said Gimli; 2.08.089 {p} “But let us 2.08.090 {ps} So the Company Chapter 2.09: The Great River 2.09.001 {p} Frodo was roused 2.09.002 {p} They started again 2.09.003 {p} Nonetheless they saw 2.09.004 {p} Upon the west 2.09.005 {p} There was no 2.09.006 {p} “Swans!” said Sam. 2.09.007 {p} “Yes,” said Aragorn, 2.09.008 {p} “How wide and 2.09.009 {p} “But we have 2.09.010 {p} Sam looked from 2.09.011 {p} In the next 2.09.012 {p} The heart of 2.09.013 {p} As dusk drew 2.09.014 {ps} That night they 2.09.015 {p} “Well, what was 2.09.016 {p} “It wasn’t funny 2.09.017 {p} “The log’s all 2.09.018 {p} “That I won’t,” 2.09.019 {p} “That’s when I 2.09.020 {p} “I said to 2.09.021 {p} “I should make 2.09.022 {p} “Ah,” said Sam, 2.09.023 {p} “Yes, that is 2.09.024 {p} “That’s about it,” 2.09.025 {p} “I might,” said 2.09.026 {ps} In the dead 2.09.027 {p} He lay down, 2.09.028 {p} “What is it?” 2.09.029 {p} “Gollum,” answered Frodo. 2.09.030 {p} “Ah!” said Aragorn. 2.09.031 {p} “We shall have 2.09.032 {ps} The night passed 2.09.033 {p} The weather was 2.09.034 {p} The next day 2.09.035 {p} There were many 2.09.036 {p} “What is that, 2.09.037 {p} “Yes,” said Legolas. 2.09.038 {p} “We will not 2.09.039 {ps} The eighth night 2.09.040 {p} “Come!” said Aragorn. 2.09.041 {p} To Sam in 2.09.042 {p} “Hoy there, Aragorn!” 2.09.043 {p} “Back, back!” cried 2.09.044 {p} “I am out 2.09.045 {ps} With great efforts 2.09.046 {p} “All together, paddle!” 2.09.047 {p} At that moment 2.09.048 {p} “Yrch!” said Legolas, 2.09.049 {p} “Orcs!” cried Gimli. 2.09.050 {p} “Gollum’s doing, I’ll 2.09.051 {p} They all leaned 2.09.052 {p} Stroke by stroke 2.09.053 {p} Legolas laid down 2.09.054 {p} Frodo looked up 2.09.055 {p} “Elbereth Gilthoniel!” sighed 2.09.056 {p} Suddenly the great 2.09.057 {ps} After a while 2.09.058 {p} “Praised be the 2.09.059 {p} “But who can 2.09.060 {p} “I cannot,” said 2.09.061 {p} “It was not 2.09.062 {p} “What do you 2.09.063 {p} “I think—No, I 2.09.064 {p} “So it seems,” 2.09.065 {ps} Sam sat tapping 2.09.066 {p} “Well, I can 2.09.067 {p} “And perhaps that 2.09.068 {p} Legolas stirred in 2.09.069 {p} “But the wearing 2.09.070 {p} “That should not 2.09.071 {ps} The night passed 2.09.072 {p} When the day 2.09.073 {p} “I can’t abide 2.09.074 {p} “Perhaps so,” said 2.09.075 {p} “I do not 2.09.076 {p} “We can, if 2.09.077 {p} “But the Enemy 2.09.078 {p} “No!” answered Aragorn. 2.09.079 {p} Boromir held out 2.09.080 {ps} The day was 2.09.081 {p} “Boats of the 2.09.082 {p} “Seldom in my 2.09.083 {p} “Peril lies ahead 2.09.084 {p} It was with 2.09.085 {p} “All is well,” 2.09.086 {p} “That would not 2.09.087 {p} “Yet such as 2.09.088 {p} “Aye, we will,” 2.09.089 {ps} The task proved 2.09.090 {p} One by one 2.09.091 {p} There the portage-way, 2.09.092 {p} Already the short 2.09.093 {p} “Well, here we 2.09.094 {p} Gimli made no 2.09.095 {p} “Let us rest 2.09.096 {ps} Nothing happened that 2.09.097 {p} The rain, however, 2.09.098 {p} Frodo peering forward 2.09.099 {p} “Behold the Argonath, 2.09.100 {p} As Frodo was 2.09.101 {p} Sheer rose the 2.09.102 {p} “Fear not!” said 2.09.103 {p} “Fear not!” he 2.09.104 {p} Then the light 2.09.105 {p} The chasm was 2.09.106 {ps} The sun, already 2.09.107 {p} “Behold Tol Brandir!” 2.09.108 {p} The Company rested 2.09.109 {p} The tenth day Chapter 2.10: The Breaking of the Fellowship 2.10.001 {p} Aragorn led them 2.10.002 {p} “Here we will 2.10.003 {p} They drew up 2.10.004 {p} “Why are you 2.10.005 {p} “I do not 2.10.006 {p} “Why?” said Frodo. 2.10.007 {p} “Let us see 2.10.008 {p} Frodo then drew 2.10.009 {p} “I feared as 2.10.010 {ps} The day came 2.10.011 {p} When they had 2.10.012 {p} There was a 2.10.013 {p} “Well, Frodo,” said 2.10.014 {p} Frodo did not 2.10.015 {p} Aragorn looked at 2.10.016 {p} Frodo sat for 2.10.017 {p} Presently Frodo got 2.10.018 {ps} Wandering aimlessly at 2.10.019 {p} He sat down 2.10.020 {p} Suddenly he awoke 2.10.021 {p} “I was afraid 2.10.022 {p} “You are kind,” 2.10.023 {p} Boromir stood silent. 2.10.024 {p} Suddenly Boromir came 2.10.025 {p} “I think I 2.10.026 {p} “Warning? Warning against 2.10.027 {p} “Against delay. Against 2.10.028 {p} “Yet that strength 2.10.029 {p} “I do not 2.10.030 {p} “We shall fall 2.10.031 {p} “No hope while 2.10.032 {p} “Ah! The Ring!” 2.10.033 {p} Frodo looked up. 2.10.034 {p} “As you wish. 2.10.035 {p} “Were you not 2.10.036 {p} Boromir got up 2.10.037 {p} Boromir strode up 2.10.038 {p} “And they tell 2.10.039 {p} “Surely you see 2.10.040 {p} “No, I am 2.10.041 {p} “Then you will 2.10.042 {p} “You misunderstand me,” 2.10.043 {p} “But you will 2.10.044 {p} “Why are you 2.10.045 {p} “No! no!” cried 2.10.046 {p} “It is by 2.10.047 {p} Frodo did not 2.10.048 {p} Frodo dodged aside 2.10.049 {p} “Miserable trickster!” he 2.10.050 {p} He rose and 2.10.051 {ps} There was no 2.10.052 {p} Soon he came 2.10.053 {p} At first he 2.10.054 {p} But everywhere he 2.10.055 {p} Horsemen were galloping 2.10.056 {p} And suddenly he 2.10.057 {p} He heard himself 2.10.058 {p} The two powers 2.10.059 {p} Frodo rose to 2.10.060 {p} He went quickly 2.10.061 {p} “They’ll be hunting 2.10.062 {p} Slowly he drew 2.10.063 {ps} The others remained 2.10.064 {p} “He is debating 2.10.065 {p} “We may remain 2.10.066 {p} “Grievous is our 2.10.067 {p} “And so should 2.10.068 {p} “And I too 2.10.069 {p} “It would indeed 2.10.070 {p} “That won’t do 2.10.071 {p} “We must stop 2.10.072 {p} “Begging your pardon,” 2.10.073 {p} “Now where’s he 2.10.074 {p} “I believe you 2.10.075 {p} “Stop him! Don’t 2.10.076 {p} “I wonder?” said 2.10.077 {p} “Well, I wish 2.10.078 {p} “Yes,” said Aragorn. 2.10.079 {ps} At that moment 2.10.080 {p} “Where have you 2.10.081 {p} Boromir hesitated for 2.10.082 {p} “Is that all 2.10.083 {p} “Yes,” he answered. 2.10.084 {p} “This is bad!” 2.10.085 {p} “But he wouldn’t 2.10.086 {p} “But where did 2.10.087 {p} “How long is 2.10.088 {p} “Half an hour, 2.10.089 {p} “An hour since 2.10.090 {p} “Wait a moment!” 2.10.091 {p} It was no 2.10.092 {p} “We shall all 2.10.093 {ps} Aragorn sprang swiftly 2.10.094 {p} “Come with me, 2.10.095 {p} Sam did his 2.10.096 {p} “Whoa, Sam Gamgee!” 2.10.097 {p} Sam passed his 2.10.098 {p} Sam turned and 2.10.099 {p} “Coming, Mr. Frodo! 2.10.100 {p} An exclamation of 2.10.101 {p} “Up you come, 2.10.102 {p} “Save me, Mr. 2.10.103 {p} “Here it is. 2.10.104 {p} With a few 2.10.105 {p} “Of all the 2.10.106 {p} “Oh, Mr. Frodo, 2.10.107 {p} “Safely on my 2.10.108 {p} “Safely!” said Sam. 2.10.109 {p} “It would be 2.10.110 {p} “Not as certain 2.10.111 {p} “But I am 2.10.112 {p} “I know that 2.10.113 {p} “Now, Sam,” said 2.10.114 {p} “Of course it 2.10.115 {p} Frodo actually laughed. 2.10.116 {p} “Just hold on 2.10.117 {p} “So all my 2.10.118 {p} “Yet we may, 2.10.119 {ps} So Frodo and 2.10.120 {p} At length they Chapter 3.01: The Departure of Boromir 3.01.001 {p} Aragorn sped on 3.01.002 {p} “I read the 3.01.003 {p} Aragorn hesitated. He 3.01.004 {p} Even as he 3.01.005 {p} “The horn of 3.01.006 {p} As he ran 3.01.007 {ps} A mile, maybe, 3.01.008 {p} Aragorn knelt beside 3.01.009 {p} “Farewell, Aragorn! Go 3.01.010 {p} “No!” said Aragorn, 3.01.011 {p} Boromir smiled. 3.01.012 {p} “Which way did 3.01.013 {p} But Boromir did 3.01.014 {p} “Alas!” said Aragorn. 3.01.015 {p} He knelt for 3.01.016 {p} “Alas!” said Legolas, 3.01.017 {p} “Boromir is dead,” 3.01.018 {p} “The hobbits!” cried 3.01.019 {p} “I do not 3.01.020 {p} “First we must 3.01.021 {p} “But we must 3.01.022 {p} “But we do 3.01.023 {p} “Then let us 3.01.024 {p} “The labour would 3.01.025 {p} “Then let us 3.01.026 {ps} Quickly they searched 3.01.027 {p} “See!” cried Aragorn. 3.01.028 {p} “And I,” said 3.01.029 {p} And Aragorn looked 3.01.030 {p} There were four 3.01.031 {p} “I have not 3.01.032 {p} “S is for 3.01.033 {p} “Nay!” said Legolas. 3.01.034 {p} “Neither does he 3.01.035 {p} “Well, we have 3.01.036 {p} “But after that 3.01.037 {p} “Maybe there is 3.01.038 {ps} Taking his axe 3.01.039 {p} At the water-side 3.01.040 {p} “There is a 3.01.041 {p} “Have Orcs been 3.01.042 {p} “We saw no 3.01.043 {p} “I will look 3.01.044 {ps} Now they laid 3.01.045 {p} Sorrowfully they cast 3.01.046 {ps} For a while 3.01.047 {lg} Through Rohan over 3.01.048 {p} Then Legolas sang: 3.01.049 {lg} From the mouths 3.01.050 {p} Then Aragorn sang 3.01.051 {lg} From the Gate 3.01.052 {p} So they ended. 3.01.053 {p} “You left the 3.01.054 {p} “That is as 3.01.055 {p} He surveyed the 3.01.056 {p} “How then do 3.01.057 {p} Aragorn did not 3.01.058 {p} “But why should 3.01.059 {p} “And a brave 3.01.060 {p} “Maybe hunting Orcs 3.01.061 {p} “He fled, certainly,” 3.01.062 {p} “Well, so much 3.01.063 {p} “Our choice then,” 3.01.064 {p} “Let me think!” 3.01.065 {ps} They drew up 3.01.066 {p} “No other folk 3.01.067 {p} “But they go 3.01.068 {p} “Well, after them!” 3.01.069 {p} “Yes,” said Aragorn, 3.01.070 {p} Like a deer Chapter 3.02: The Riders of Rohan 3.02.001 {p} Dusk deepened. Mist 3.02.002 {p} There in the 3.02.003 {p} “Which way would 3.02.004 {p} “They will not 3.02.005 {ps} The dale ran 3.02.006 {p} “We have already 3.02.007 {p} “Here is another 3.02.008 {p} “Yet however you 3.02.009 {p} “No,” said Aragorn. 3.02.010 {p} “What do you 3.02.011 {p} “I think that 3.02.012 {p} “Or about the 3.02.013 {ps} Aragorn searched the 3.02.014 {p} “At last!” said 3.02.015 {p} Swiftly now the 3.02.016 {p} Turning back they 3.02.017 {p} “Gondor! Gondor!” cried 3.02.018 {lg} “Gondor! Gondor, between 3.02.019 {p} “Now let us 3.02.020 {ps} The ridge upon 3.02.021 {p} “Look!” cried Legolas, 3.02.022 {p} “No, not even 3.02.023 {p} “Many things,” said 3.02.024 {p} “I think, nonetheless, 3.02.025 {p} “I doubt if 3.02.026 {p} They followed their 3.02.027 {p} At the bottom 3.02.028 {p} “Ah! the green 3.02.029 {p} “Light feet may 3.02.030 {ps} They went in 3.02.031 {p} “Stay!” he shouted. 3.02.032 {p} “Yes,” he said, 3.02.033 {p} “The brooch of 3.02.034 {p} “Not idly do 3.02.035 {p} “Then he at 3.02.036 {p} “Let us hope 3.02.037 {ps} The sun climbed 3.02.038 {p} As nightshade was 3.02.039 {p} “We have come 3.02.040 {p} “Unless our enemies 3.02.041 {p} “Surely even Orcs 3.02.042 {p} “Seldom will Orcs 3.02.043 {p} “But if we 3.02.044 {p} “The trail is 3.02.045 {p} “Maybe, I could 3.02.046 {p} “And there is 3.02.047 {p} “That is true,” 3.02.048 {p} “Yet it would 3.02.049 {p} “The Orcs will 3.02.050 {p} “And yet even 3.02.051 {p} “I said that 3.02.052 {p} “You are our 3.02.053 {p} “My heart bids 3.02.054 {p} “You give the 3.02.055 {p} “We will not 3.02.056 {p} “And tonight he 3.02.057 {p} “It will be 3.02.058 {ps} He cast himself 3.02.059 {p} “They are far 3.02.060 {p} “Nonetheless we will 3.02.061 {p} “But it is 3.02.062 {p} “I fear they 3.02.063 {p} “Where sight fails 3.02.064 {p} “The rumour of 3.02.065 {p} “Let us go!” 3.02.066 {ps} So the third 3.02.067 {p} All day the 3.02.068 {ps} At dusk they 3.02.069 {p} “Now do I 3.02.070 {p} Gimli ground his 3.02.071 {p} “To hope, maybe, 3.02.072 {p} “Truly!” said Legolas. 3.02.073 {p} “Saruman!” muttered Aragorn. 3.02.074 {ps} As before Legolas 3.02.075 {p} The others sprang 3.02.076 {p} “They rested here 3.02.077 {p} “I can see 3.02.078 {p} “It is still 3.02.079 {p} “Well, let us 3.02.080 {ps} The sun was 3.02.081 {p} “Let us go 3.02.082 {p} “Nothing can we 3.02.083 {p} “The wind is 3.02.084 {p} “And ere morning 3.02.085 {p} “Three suns already 3.02.086 {ps} The night grew 3.02.087 {p} Ahead and eastward 3.02.088 {p} Following with his 3.02.089 {p} There was a 3.02.090 {p} “Riders!” cried Aragorn, 3.02.091 {p} “Yes,” said Legolas, 3.02.092 {p} Aragorn smiled. “Keen 3.02.093 {p} “Nay! The riders 3.02.094 {p} “Five leagues or 3.02.095 {p} “We will wait,” 3.02.096 {p} “Or spears,” said 3.02.097 {p} “There are three 3.02.098 {p} “I did not 3.02.099 {p} The three companions 3.02.100 {p} “What do you 3.02.101 {p} “I have been 3.02.102 {p} “But Gandalf spoke 3.02.103 {p} “I believe it 3.02.104 {p} “You will soon 3.02.105 {ps} At length even 3.02.106 {p} Now the cries 3.02.107 {p} Their horses were 3.02.108 {p} In pairs they 3.02.109 {p} “What news from 3.02.110 {ps} With astonishing speed 3.02.111 {p} Without a word 3.02.112 {p} “Who are you, 3.02.113 {p} “I am called 3.02.114 {p} The Rider leaped 3.02.115 {p} “At first I 3.02.116 {p} “No,” said Aragorn. 3.02.117 {p} The Rider looked 3.02.118 {p} Gimli rose and 3.02.119 {p} “As for that,” 3.02.120 {p} “Then Éomer son 3.02.121 {p} Éomer’s eyes blazed, 3.02.122 {p} “He stands not 3.02.123 {p} Éomer raised his 3.02.124 {p} “I will,” said 3.02.125 {p} “First tell me 3.02.126 {p} “I serve only 3.02.127 {p} “I serve no 3.02.128 {p} Aragorn threw back 3.02.129 {p} Gimli and Legolas 3.02.130 {p} Éomer stepped back 3.02.131 {p} “Tell me, lord,” 3.02.132 {p} “The doom of 3.02.133 {p} “That you need 3.02.134 {p} “And our friends?” 3.02.135 {p} “We found none 3.02.136 {p} “But that is 3.02.137 {p} “There were no 3.02.138 {p} “We do not 3.02.139 {p} “Hobbits?” said Éomer. 3.02.140 {p} “A strange name 3.02.141 {p} “Halflings!” laughed the 3.02.142 {p} “A man may 3.02.143 {p} “Time is pressing,” 3.02.144 {p} “Peace, Éothain!” said 3.02.145 {ps} Muttering Éothain retired, 3.02.146 {p} “All that you 3.02.147 {p} “I set out 3.02.148 {p} “Gandalf!” Éomer exclaimed. 3.02.149 {p} “Indeed since his 3.02.150 {p} “Then Shadowfax has 3.02.151 {p} “That is heavy 3.02.152 {p} “It is tidings 3.02.153 {p} “Your news is 3.02.154 {p} “It is now 3.02.155 {p} “On foot?” cried 3.02.156 {p} “Yes, even as 3.02.157 {p} Wide wonder came 3.02.158 {p} “But now, lord, 3.02.159 {p} “Then you do 3.02.160 {p} “We do not 3.02.161 {p} “But at this 3.02.162 {p} “It is ill 3.02.163 {p} “I will come 3.02.164 {p} “Come now!” said 3.02.165 {p} “Indeed in this 3.02.166 {p} “Nonetheless we put 3.02.167 {p} “I thank you 3.02.168 {p} “Hope does not 3.02.169 {p} “Yet my friends 3.02.170 {p} “Then what do 3.02.171 {p} “I do not 3.02.172 {p} “I would swear 3.02.173 {p} “Our friends were 3.02.174 {p} “I had forgotten 3.02.175 {p} “As he ever 3.02.176 {p} “True indeed,” said 3.02.177 {p} “I do not 3.02.178 {p} Éomer was silent 3.02.179 {p} “I will not,” 3.02.180 {ps} There was great 3.02.181 {p} “It may be 3.02.182 {p} “No one,” said 3.02.183 {p} “But you must 3.02.184 {p} “Come, you shall 3.02.185 {p} A great dark-grey 3.02.186 {p} A smaller and 3.02.187 {p} “Farewell, and may 3.02.188 {p} “I will come,” 3.02.189 {p} “And I will 3.02.190 {p} “We shall see,” 3.02.191 {ps} With that they 3.02.192 {p} Aragorn dismounted and 3.02.193 {p} “There is little 3.02.194 {ps} As they rode 3.02.195 {p} At last as 3.02.196 {p} Aragorn and his 3.02.197 {p} “We can do 3.02.198 {p} “But Gandalf was 3.02.199 {p} “But Gandalf chose 3.02.200 {p} “The counsel of 3.02.201 {ps} A little way 3.02.202 {p} Gimli shivered. They 3.02.203 {p} “If those unhappy 3.02.204 {p} “And it might 3.02.205 {p} “But the Rohirrim 3.02.206 {p} “They were many,” 3.02.207 {p} “There is no 3.02.208 {p} When the Dwarf 3.02.209 {p} “Look!” he said. 3.02.210 {p} It may have 3.02.211 {p} There was a 3.02.212 {p} “Celeborn warned us 3.02.213 {p} “I have heard 3.02.214 {p} “You have journeyed 3.02.215 {p} “Yes, it is 3.02.216 {p} “And I do 3.02.217 {p} They now drew 3.02.218 {p} With that he 3.02.219 {p} Suddenly Gimli looked 3.02.220 {p} “Well, father, what 3.02.221 {p} Suddenly Legolas gave 3.02.222 {p} The horses were 3.02.223 {ps} “Well, they are 3.02.224 {p} “Feet!” said Gimli. 3.02.225 {p} “Only a few 3.02.226 {p} “It seems unlikely 3.02.227 {p} “If you wish 3.02.228 {p} “I mark them,” 3.02.229 {p} The night passed Chapter 3.03: The Uruk-hai 3.03.001 {p} Pippin lay in 3.03.002 {p} He woke. Cold 3.03.003 {p} Slowly in Pippin’s 3.03.004 {p} Then Boromir had 3.03.005 {p} “I suppose I 3.03.006 {p} He could not 3.03.007 {ps} He struggled a 3.03.008 {p} “If I had 3.03.009 {p} Terrified Pippin lay 3.03.010 {p} To Pippin’s surprise 3.03.011 {p} “There’s no time 3.03.012 {p} “That can’t be 3.03.013 {p} “Orders,” said a 3.03.014 {p} “What are they 3.03.015 {p} “No! I heard 3.03.016 {p} “Is that all 3.03.017 {p} “That is a 3.03.018 {p} “And mine too,” 3.03.019 {p} “Not our orders!” 3.03.020 {p} “Then you can 3.03.021 {p} “Is Saruman the 3.03.022 {p} “If we could 3.03.023 {p} “I came across,” 3.03.024 {p} “Maybe, maybe! Then 3.03.025 {p} “Aye, we must 3.03.026 {p} “You have spoken 3.03.027 {p} “Swine is it? 3.03.028 {p} Many loud yells 3.03.029 {p} Uglúk shouted, and 3.03.030 {p} “Put up your 3.03.031 {p} “Now,” thought Pippin, 3.03.032 {p} The Orcs were 3.03.033 {ps} “Pick up those 3.03.034 {p} An Orc seized 3.03.035 {p} Suddenly he was 3.03.036 {p} “The scouts have 3.03.037 {p} “Well, what did 3.03.038 {p} “Only a single 3.03.039 {p} “Now, I daresay. 3.03.040 {p} A shadow bent 3.03.041 {p} He cut the 3.03.042 {p} “Now for the 3.03.043 {p} The Orcs clapped 3.03.044 {p} But at the 3.03.045 {p} “Hullo, Pippin!” he 3.03.046 {p} “Now then!” said 3.03.047 {ps} The orc-band began 3.03.048 {p} “Now straight on!” 3.03.049 {p} “But what are 3.03.050 {p} “Go on running,” 3.03.051 {p} “But we can’t 3.03.052 {p} “You’ll run with 3.03.053 {p} Then the whole 3.03.054 {p} Every now and 3.03.055 {p} They had gone 3.03.056 {p} “Ai! Steady now!” 3.03.057 {p} A sudden thought 3.03.058 {p} “Halt!” yelled Uglúk. 3.03.059 {p} There was for 3.03.060 {p} “No hope of 3.03.061 {p} A whip-thong curled 3.03.062 {p} “Enough!” shouted Uglúk 3.03.063 {p} “But that’s not 3.03.064 {ps} Neither Pippin nor 3.03.065 {p} The warmth of 3.03.066 {p} Dimly he became 3.03.067 {p} There he lay 3.03.068 {p} He sat up 3.03.069 {p} There was much 3.03.070 {p} “Very well,” said 3.03.071 {p} There was some 3.03.072 {p} “Now we’ll deal 3.03.073 {p} “I know,” growled 3.03.074 {p} At that moment 3.03.075 {p} “So you’ve come 3.03.076 {p} “I’ve returned to 3.03.077 {p} “Indeed!” said Uglúk. 3.03.078 {p} “I left a 3.03.079 {p} “Splendid!” laughed Uglúk. 3.03.080 {p} “Nazgûl, Nazgûl,” said 3.03.081 {p} “You seem to 3.03.082 {ps} The Isengarders seized 3.03.083 {p} Pippin was bruised 3.03.084 {p} In the afternoon 3.03.085 {p} “Maggots!” jeered the 3.03.086 {p} A cry from 3.03.087 {p} The Isengarders began 3.03.088 {ps} “They will make 3.03.089 {p} He wondered very 3.03.090 {p} “But how will 3.03.091 {p} A few of 3.03.092 {ps} Night came down 3.03.093 {p} “Well, here we 3.03.094 {p} “Put those Halflings 3.03.095 {p} The last part 3.03.096 {p} “I don’t think 3.03.097 {p} “Lembas!” whispered Pippin. 3.03.098 {p} “Yes, I had 3.03.099 {p} “You won’t have 3.03.100 {ps} The night was 3.03.101 {p} “They’ll wait for 3.03.102 {p} “I daresay you 3.03.103 {p} “There’s only one 3.03.104 {p} Uglúk’s words were 3.03.105 {p} Pippin and Merry 3.03.106 {p} “Well, my little 3.03.107 {p} The thought came 3.03.108 {p} “I don’t think 3.03.109 {p} “Find it?” said 3.03.110 {p} For a moment 3.03.111 {p} The hobbits felt 3.03.112 {p} “Perhaps,” said Merry, 3.03.113 {p} “Do I want 3.03.114 {p} “We mean,” said 3.03.115 {p} “My dear tender 3.03.116 {p} “I find it 3.03.117 {p} Grishnákh began to 3.03.118 {p} “Gollum, gollum!” said 3.03.119 {p} “Untie our legs!” 3.03.120 {p} They felt the 3.03.121 {p} Suddenly he seized 3.03.122 {p} After going a 3.03.123 {p} Grishnákh flung himself 3.03.124 {p} The hobbits remained 3.03.125 {ps} At last Merry 3.03.126 {p} The answer came 3.03.127 {p} “Now,” said Merry, 3.03.128 {p} “No need to 3.03.129 {p} He slipped the 3.03.130 {p} “We must be 3.03.131 {p} “Now for it!” 3.03.132 {p} They crawled. The 3.03.133 {p} The sounds had 3.03.134 {p} “We must get 3.03.135 {p} Merry got up. 3.03.136 {p} “Not here, the 3.03.137 {p} They turned and 3.03.138 {p} “You seem to 3.03.139 {p} “I shall have 3.03.140 {p} Even as he 3.03.141 {p} “Lead on, Master 3.03.142 {p} “I have not,” 3.03.143 {ps} He led the 3.03.144 {p} Far over the 3.03.145 {p} Merry and Pippin 3.03.146 {p} “We have watched 3.03.147 {p} So it was 3.03.148 {p} Then when they Chapter 3.04: Treebeard 3.04.001 {p} Meanwhile the hobbits 3.04.002 {p} At last Merry 3.04.003 {p} “Let’s have a 3.04.004 {p} “I suppose you 3.04.005 {p} “We could, if 3.04.006 {p} “Yes, it is 3.04.007 {p} “But the Sun 3.04.008 {p} “No, nor hobbits,” 3.04.009 {p} “Low,” said Merry. 3.04.010 {p} “Well, we’d better 3.04.011 {p} Just then they 3.04.012 {p} “Hullo!” said Merry. 3.04.013 {ps} They found it 3.04.014 {p} In the face 3.04.015 {p} “Up we go!” 3.04.016 {ps} They climbed and 3.04.017 {p} “The wind’s changing,” 3.04.018 {p} “Yes,” said Pippin; 3.04.019 {ps} “Almost felt you 3.04.020 {p} They found that 3.04.021 {p} “One felt as 3.04.022 {p} “Hrum, Hoom,” murmured 3.04.023 {p} Pippin, though still 3.04.024 {p} A queer look 3.04.025 {p} “An Ent?” said 3.04.026 {p} “Hoo now!” replied 3.04.027 {lg} “Learn now the 3.04.028 {p} “Hm, hm, hm.” 3.04.029 {lg} “Beaver the builder, 3.04.030 {p} “hm, hm.” 3.04.031 {lg} “Eagle in eyrie, 3.04.032 {p} “Hoom, hm; hoom, 3.04.033 {p} “We always seem 3.04.034 {p} “Why not make 3.04.035 {qt} “Half-grown hobbits, the 3.04.036 {p} “Put us in 3.04.037 {p} “Hm! Not bad, 3.04.038 {p} “Nobody else calls 3.04.039 {p} “Hoom, hmm! Come 3.04.040 {p} “We aren’t careful 3.04.041 {p} “And I’m a 3.04.042 {p} “Hm, but you 3.04.043 {p} “But now,” and 3.04.044 {p} “There is quite 3.04.045 {p} “Yes, I do 3.04.046 {p} “Yes,” said Pippin 3.04.047 {p} “Then I can 3.04.048 {p} “Yes, we do,” 3.04.049 {p} “Hoo, come now!” 3.04.050 {p} “If you would 3.04.051 {p} “Hm, tired? No, 3.04.052 {p} “Hill?” suggested Pippin. 3.04.053 {p} Treebeard repeated the 3.04.054 {p} “Where shall we 3.04.055 {p} “To my home, 3.04.056 {p} “Is it far?” 3.04.057 {p} “I do not 3.04.058 {p} “Well, you see, 3.04.059 {p} “O! Hm! You 3.04.060 {ps} Holding the hobbits 3.04.061 {p} At once he 3.04.062 {p} The hobbits were 3.04.063 {p} “Please, Treebeard,” he 3.04.064 {p} “Hmm, did he 3.04.065 {p} “And so is 3.04.066 {qt} “Taurelilómëa-tumbalemorna Tumbaletaurëa Lómëanor” 3.04.067 {p} “that is what 3.04.068 {p} “What do you 3.04.069 {p} “The trees and 3.04.070 {p} “When that happens 3.04.071 {p} “Like the Old 3.04.072 {p} “Aye, aye, something 3.04.073 {p} “We are tree-herds, 3.04.074 {p} “Some of my 3.04.075 {p} “Those were the 3.04.076 {p} Treebeard fell silent, 3.04.077 {lg} In the willow-meads 3.04.078 {p} He ended, and 3.04.079 {ps} The day waned, 3.04.080 {p} Treebeard strode up 3.04.081 {p} At the far 3.04.082 {ps} “Hm! Here we 3.04.083 {p} For a moment 3.04.084 {p} “Well, well, now 3.04.085 {p} “This is an 3.04.086 {p} The drink was 3.04.087 {p} At last he 3.04.088 {ps} On the right 3.04.089 {p} “Now tell me 3.04.090 {p} The hobbits began 3.04.091 {p} He was immensely 3.04.092 {p} “Entwives?” said Pippin. 3.04.093 {p} “Yes, hm, well 3.04.094 {p} Treebeard was however 3.04.095 {p} “Hm, hoom!” said 3.04.096 {p} “And what about 3.04.097 {p} “Hoom, hm, I 3.04.098 {p} “I used to 3.04.099 {p} “But Saruman now! 3.04.100 {p} “Who is Saruman?” 3.04.101 {p} “Saruman is a 3.04.102 {p} “I think that 3.04.103 {p} Treebeard rumbled for 3.04.104 {p} “Curse him, root 3.04.105 {p} Treebeard raised himself 3.04.106 {p} “I will stop 3.04.107 {p} “We will come 3.04.108 {p} “Yes!” said Pippin. 3.04.109 {p} “Good! Good!” said 3.04.110 {p} He strode to 3.04.111 {ps} After some time 3.04.112 {p} “Why are there 3.04.113 {p} “Oh, no!” said 3.04.114 {p} “How very sad!” 3.04.115 {p} “They did not 3.04.116 {p} “Well, I am 3.04.117 {p} “Yes, I will 3.04.118 {ps} “It is rather 3.04.119 {p} “I remember it 3.04.120 {p} “There was an 3.04.121 {sp} ENT. “When Spring 3.04.122 {sp} ENTWIFE. “When Spring 3.04.123 {sp} ENT. “When Summer 3.04.124 {sp} ENTWIFE. “When Summer 3.04.125 {sp} ENT. “When Winter 3.04.126 {sp} ENTWIFE. “When Winter 3.04.127 {sp} BOTH. “Together we 3.04.128 {p} Treebeard ended his 3.04.129 {p} “We usually lie 3.04.130 {p} “Lie down to 3.04.131 {p} Merry and Pippin 3.04.132 {ps} They woke to 3.04.133 {p} “Hoo, ho! Good 3.04.134 {p} He poured them 3.04.135 {p} “Where is Entmoot?” 3.04.136 {p} “Hoo, eh? Entmoot?” 3.04.137 {p} Before long they 3.04.138 {ps} They had been 3.04.139 {p} Treebeard now perched 3.04.140 {p} Turning to the 3.04.141 {p} Several Ents had 3.04.142 {p} At first Merry 3.04.143 {p} As soon as 3.04.144 {p} Treebeard was immediately 3.04.145 {p} He put the 3.04.146 {ps} “I wonder where 3.04.147 {p} “I don’t know 3.04.148 {p} “What is Isengard 3.04.149 {p} “So do I,” 3.04.150 {p} “Yes!” said Pippin. 3.04.151 {p} The hobbits turned 3.04.152 {p} At last there 3.04.153 {p} “Hm, hoom, here 3.04.154 {p} Bregalad stood for 3.04.155 {p} “Ha, hmm, my 3.04.156 {p} He reached down 3.04.157 {p} At nightfall he 3.04.158 {p} “There were rowan-trees 3.04.159 {lg} “O Orofarnë, Lassemista, 3.04.160 {p} The hobbits fell 3.04.161 {ps} The next day 3.04.162 {p} The third day 3.04.163 {p} The afternoon came, 3.04.164 {p} Then with a 3.04.165 {qt} We come, we 3.04.166 {p} The Ents were 3.04.167 {qt} We come, we 3.04.168 {p} Bregalad picked up 3.04.169 {ps} Before long they 3.04.170 {p} “Hoom, hom! Here 3.04.171 {p} “To Isengard!” the 3.04.172 {p} “To Isengard!” 3.04.173 {lg} To Isengard! Though 3.04.174 {p} So they sang 3.04.175 {ps} Bregalad, his eyes 3.04.176 {p} “The Ents made 3.04.177 {p} “Quickly?” said Treebeard. 3.04.178 {p} “Will you really 3.04.179 {p} “Ho, hm, well, 3.04.180 {p} “But Saruman will 3.04.181 {p} “Hm, ah, yes, 3.04.182 {p} Treebeard marched on, 3.04.183 {p} “Of course, it 3.04.184 {ps} The Ents went 3.04.185 {p} Pippin looked behind. 3.04.186 {p} “Night lies over Chapter 3.05: The White Rider 3.05.001 {p} “My very bones 3.05.002 {p} “And do not 3.05.003 {p} “Why would that 3.05.004 {p} “Because an old 3.05.005 {p} “Maybe,” said the 3.05.006 {p} “That would not 3.05.007 {p} “It is likely 3.05.008 {p} “No,” said Legolas. 3.05.009 {p} “So I thought,” 3.05.010 {ps} For some time 3.05.011 {p} “Here at last 3.05.012 {p} “And here is 3.05.013 {p} “Well, here is 3.05.014 {p} “There was sorcery 3.05.015 {p} “Maybe, I could,” 3.05.016 {p} “And how do 3.05.017 {p} “I do not 3.05.018 {p} “I do not 3.05.019 {p} “Then let us 3.05.020 {ps} It was not 3.05.021 {p} “One hobbit at 3.05.022 {p} “Then we must 3.05.023 {p} “I do not 3.05.024 {p} “Well, it has 3.05.025 {p} “That is just 3.05.026 {p} “I feel the 3.05.027 {p} “It is old, 3.05.028 {p} “I dare say 3.05.029 {ps} With that the 3.05.030 {p} “This is good 3.05.031 {p} “Then what shall 3.05.032 {p} “If that is 3.05.033 {p} They came at 3.05.034 {p} “Let us go 3.05.035 {p} The companions climbed 3.05.036 {p} “I am almost 3.05.037 {p} He stood up 3.05.038 {p} “We have journeyed 3.05.039 {p} “But we did 3.05.040 {p} “Yet here we 3.05.041 {p} “Look at what?” 3.05.042 {p} “There in the 3.05.043 {p} “Where? I have 3.05.044 {p} “Hush! Speak more 3.05.045 {p} “I see, I 3.05.046 {p} Aragorn looked and 3.05.047 {p} Gimli gazed with 3.05.048 {p} Legolas took his 3.05.049 {p} “Why are you 3.05.050 {p} “Legolas is right,” 3.05.051 {ps} At that moment 3.05.052 {p} They could not 3.05.053 {p} At last the 3.05.054 {p} “Now!” cried Gimli. 3.05.055 {p} “Did I not 3.05.056 {p} The bow and 3.05.057 {p} “And you, Master 3.05.058 {p} Gimli started and 3.05.059 {ps} “Well met, I 3.05.060 {p} “You speak as 3.05.061 {p} “Not well,” said 3.05.062 {p} “Might we know 3.05.063 {p} “As for what 3.05.064 {p} “My name!” said 3.05.065 {p} The three companions 3.05.066 {p} “There are some 3.05.067 {ps} The old man 3.05.068 {p} The old man 3.05.069 {p} “Saruman!” cried Gimli, 3.05.070 {p} The old man 3.05.071 {p} “Mithrandir!” he cried. 3.05.072 {p} “Well met, I 3.05.073 {p} They all gazed 3.05.074 {p} At last Aragorn 3.05.075 {p} “Gandalf,” the old 3.05.076 {p} He stepped down 3.05.077 {p} He laid his 3.05.078 {p} “Yes, I am 3.05.079 {ps} “What do you 3.05.080 {p} “No, I did 3.05.081 {p} “The eagle!” said 3.05.082 {p} “Yes,” said Gandalf, 3.05.083 {p} “Then you know 3.05.084 {p} “I cannot say. 3.05.085 {p} “Not alone,” said 3.05.086 {p} “Did he!” said 3.05.087 {ps} The companions sat 3.05.088 {p} “You have not 3.05.089 {p} “In one thing 3.05.090 {p} “What? In riddles?” 3.05.091 {p} “I am no 3.05.092 {p} “What then shall 3.05.093 {p} “For already he 3.05.094 {p} “Then is not 3.05.095 {p} “Indeed yes,” said 3.05.096 {p} “Also they have 3.05.097 {p} “It is a 3.05.098 {p} “The victor would 3.05.099 {p} “The Winged Messenger!” 3.05.100 {p} “One that you 3.05.101 {p} “Now you speak 3.05.102 {p} “Wait a minute!” 3.05.103 {p} “You certainly did 3.05.104 {p} “Good, good!” said 3.05.105 {p} Gandalf laughed again. 3.05.106 {p} “But the hobbits!” 3.05.107 {p} “With Treebeard and 3.05.108 {p} “The Ents!” exclaimed 3.05.109 {p} “A legend of 3.05.110 {p} “Ah! now you 3.05.111 {p} “Perhaps he also 3.05.112 {p} “Dangerous!” cried Gandalf. 3.05.113 {p} “What will they 3.05.114 {p} “I do not 3.05.115 {ps} The others looked 3.05.116 {p} “The morning is 3.05.117 {p} “Do we go 3.05.118 {p} “No,” said Gandalf. 3.05.119 {p} He rose and 3.05.120 {p} He turned. “Come, 3.05.121 {p} “Then are we 3.05.122 {p} “I did not 3.05.123 {p} “It is a 3.05.124 {p} “We shall see, 3.05.125 {p} “Yes, we will 3.05.126 {p} “Do I not 3.05.127 {ps} “Yes, together we 3.05.128 {p} “I have stayed 3.05.129 {p} “Then tell us 3.05.130 {p} “Name him not!” 3.05.131 {p} “Deep is the 3.05.132 {p} “Yet it has 3.05.133 {p} “We fought far 3.05.134 {p} “Long has that 3.05.135 {p} “It was made, 3.05.136 {p} “There upon Celebdil 3.05.137 {p} “Naked I was 3.05.138 {p} “‘Ever am I 3.05.139 {p} “‘A burden you 3.05.140 {p} “‘Do not let 3.05.141 {p} “‘That indeed is 3.05.142 {p} “Thus it was 3.05.143 {lg} “Where now are 3.05.144 {p} “To Legolas she 3.05.145 {lg} “Legolas Greenleaf long 3.05.146 {p} Gandalf fell silent 3.05.147 {p} “Then she sent 3.05.148 {p} “Dark are her 3.05.149 {p} “That is no 3.05.150 {p} “What then?” said 3.05.151 {p} “Yes, if she 3.05.152 {p} “What is that?” 3.05.153 {p} “‘To Gimli son 3.05.154 {p} “In happy hour 3.05.155 {p} “That will not 3.05.156 {ps} He wrapped himself 3.05.157 {p} “They have not 3.05.158 {p} “I shall not 3.05.159 {p} “There is more 3.05.160 {p} “Certainly,” said Gandalf. 3.05.161 {p} “There are three,” 3.05.162 {p} “Nor will you 3.05.163 {p} Even as the 3.05.164 {p} Gandalf caressed him. 3.05.165 {p} Soon the other 3.05.166 {p} “Now I understand 3.05.167 {p} “Yes, I knew,” 3.05.168 {ps} Gandalf spoke now 3.05.169 {p} “He is steering 3.05.170 {p} For many hours 3.05.171 {p} “There lies the 3.05.172 {p} “I see a 3.05.173 {p} “Battle and war!” Chapter 3.06: The King of the Golden Hall 3.06.001 {p} They rode on 3.06.002 {p} Hours passed and 3.06.003 {ps} A bitter chill 3.06.004 {p} “Look!” he cried, 3.06.005 {p} “Speak, Legolas!” said 3.06.006 {p} Legolas gazed ahead, 3.06.007 {p} “Edoras those courts 3.06.008 {ps} The morning was 3.06.009 {p} At the foot 3.06.010 {p} “Look!” said Gandalf. 3.06.011 {p} “Seven mounds upon 3.06.012 {p} “Five hundred times 3.06.013 {p} “But to the 3.06.014 {p} “That, I guess, 3.06.015 {p} “It runs thus 3.06.016 {lg} “Where now the 3.06.017 {p} “Thus spoke a 3.06.018 {p} With these words 3.06.019 {p} There sat many 3.06.020 {p} “Well do I 3.06.021 {p} “It is the 3.06.022 {p} “We are no 3.06.023 {p} A troubled look 3.06.024 {p} “Wormtongue?” said Gandalf, 3.06.025 {p} “Yes, I will 3.06.026 {p} “Well do you 3.06.027 {p} “Strange names you 3.06.028 {p} After some time 3.06.029 {ps} The dark gates 3.06.030 {ps} “There are the 3.06.031 {p} He turned and 3.06.032 {p} “Hail, comers from 3.06.033 {p} “I am the 3.06.034 {p} Then Legolas gave 3.06.035 {p} Wonder came into 3.06.036 {p} Aragorn stood a 3.06.037 {p} “It is the 3.06.038 {p} “It is not 3.06.039 {p} “This is the 3.06.040 {p} “This is idle 3.06.041 {p} “Truly,” said Aragorn. 3.06.042 {p} “Whatever its name 3.06.043 {p} “Not alone!” said 3.06.044 {p} “Come, come!” said 3.06.045 {p} Slowly Aragorn unbuckled 3.06.046 {p} The guard stepped 3.06.047 {p} “Well,” said Gimli, 3.06.048 {p} The guard still 3.06.049 {p} “Foolishness!” said Gandalf. 3.06.050 {p} Aragorn laughed. “Every 3.06.051 {p} “The staff in 3.06.052 {ps} The guards now 3.06.053 {p} “Behold Eorl the 3.06.054 {ps} Now the four 3.06.055 {p} There was a 3.06.056 {p} Slowly the old 3.06.057 {p} “I greet you,” 3.06.058 {p} “You speak justly, 3.06.059 {p} “You are held 3.06.060 {p} “That is so,” 3.06.061 {p} “The courtesy of 3.06.062 {p} “Then it is 3.06.063 {p} Gimli strode a 3.06.064 {lg} In Dwimordene, in 3.06.065 {p} Thus Gandalf softly 3.06.066 {p} “The wise speak 3.06.067 {p} He raised his 3.06.068 {p} In the gloom 3.06.069 {ps} “Now Théoden son 3.06.070 {p} Slowly Théoden left 3.06.071 {p} “Open!” he cried. 3.06.072 {p} The doors rolled 3.06.073 {p} “Send your guards 3.06.074 {p} “Go, Éowyn sister-daughter!” 3.06.075 {p} The woman turned 3.06.076 {p} “Now, lord,” said 3.06.077 {p} From the porch 3.06.078 {p} “It is not 3.06.079 {p} “No,” said Gandalf. 3.06.080 {p} From the king’s 3.06.081 {p} “Dark have been 3.06.082 {p} “Much,” said Gandalf. 3.06.083 {p} “It is true,” 3.06.084 {p} “A man may 3.06.085 {p} “That may be. 3.06.086 {ps} When Háma had 3.06.087 {p} “There is no 3.06.088 {p} Quickly now Gandalf 3.06.089 {p} “Verily,” said Gandalf, 3.06.090 {p} The others too 3.06.091 {p} Slowly Théoden sat 3.06.092 {p} “Your fingers would 3.06.093 {p} Théoden rose and 3.06.094 {p} “Take this, dear 3.06.095 {p} “How comes this?” 3.06.096 {p} “It is my 3.06.097 {p} “To lay at 3.06.098 {p} For a moment 3.06.099 {p} “Will you not 3.06.100 {p} Slowly Théoden stretched 3.06.101 {lg} Arise now, arise, 3.06.102 {ps} The guards, thinking 3.06.103 {p} “Westu Théoden hál!” 3.06.104 {p} “Take back your 3.06.105 {p} “You have yourself 3.06.106 {p} “This counsel seems 3.06.107 {p} “Nay, lord,” said 3.06.108 {p} “Now indeed there 3.06.109 {p} “Hope, yes,” said 3.06.110 {p} “Nay, Gandalf!” said 3.06.111 {p} “Then even the 3.06.112 {p} “But your people 3.06.113 {p} “I will take 3.06.114 {ps} At that moment 3.06.115 {p} “Here, lord, is 3.06.116 {p} “You lie,” said 3.06.117 {p} “And he now 3.06.118 {p} “Assuredly not, lord,” 3.06.119 {p} “I will,” said 3.06.120 {p} “Dear lord!” cried 3.06.121 {p} “If this is 3.06.122 {p} “Mercy, lord!” whined 3.06.123 {p} “You have my 3.06.124 {p} Wormtongue looked from 3.06.125 {p} Éomer laughed. “And 3.06.126 {p} “Nay, Éomer, you 3.06.127 {p} Éomer grasped his 3.06.128 {p} “Éowyn is safe 3.06.129 {p} “You lie,” said 3.06.130 {p} “That word comes 3.06.131 {p} “Do you hear 3.06.132 {p} Slowly Wormtongue rose. 3.06.133 {p} “After him!” said 3.06.134 {p} “And if any 3.06.135 {p} One of the 3.06.136 {ps} “Now my guests, 3.06.137 {p} They passed back 3.06.138 {p} At the king’s 3.06.139 {p} “How far back 3.06.140 {p} “But when I 3.06.141 {p} “I owe much 3.06.142 {p} “Say also,” said 3.06.143 {p} “Indeed my eyes 3.06.144 {p} “Whether I came 3.06.145 {p} “You choose well,” 3.06.146 {ps} Now men came 3.06.147 {p} “May it keep 3.06.148 {p} Gimli bowed. “I 3.06.149 {p} “It may well 3.06.150 {p} The king now 3.06.151 {p} Théoden drank from 3.06.152 {p} When they had 3.06.153 {p} “Behold! I go 3.06.154 {p} No man spoke. 3.06.155 {p} “Is there none 3.06.156 {p} “In the House 3.06.157 {p} “But Éomer I 3.06.158 {p} “I said not 3.06.159 {p} “It shall be 3.06.160 {p} Then the king 3.06.161 {p} “Speak not so!” 3.06.162 {p} “The king shall 3.06.163 {ps} The king now 3.06.164 {p} Gimli walked with 3.06.165 {p} “A safer seat 3.06.166 {p} “And a Dwarf 3.06.167 {p} At the gate 3.06.168 {p} “Hail, Gimli Glóin’s 3.06.169 {p} “I will forget 3.06.170 {p} “So be it!” 3.06.171 {p} “I thank you 3.06.172 {p} “It shall be 3.06.173 {p} “Where is Shadowfax?” 3.06.174 {p} “Running wild over 3.06.175 {p} Gandalf whistled and 3.06.176 {p} “Were the breath 3.06.177 {p} “The gift seems 3.06.178 {p} “I thank you, 3.06.179 {p} “Behold the White 3.06.180 {p} “Our King and 3.06.181 {p} The trumpets sounded. 3.06.182 {p} Far over the Chapter 3.07: Helm’s Deep 3.07.001 {p} The sun was 3.07.002 {p} The host rode 3.07.003 {p} Night closed about 3.07.004 {ps} There were no 3.07.005 {p} Gandalf dropped back 3.07.006 {p} “Many miles lie 3.07.007 {p} “And behind us 3.07.008 {ps} As the second 3.07.009 {p} He came, a 3.07.010 {p} “Where is Éomer? 3.07.011 {p} Théoden had sat 3.07.012 {p} The man’s face 3.07.013 {p} “You thought I 3.07.014 {ps} While Théoden was 3.07.015 {p} “Ride, Théoden!” he 3.07.016 {p} He spoke a 3.07.017 {ps} “What does that 3.07.018 {p} “That Gandalf Greyhame 3.07.019 {p} “Wormtongue, were he 3.07.020 {p} “True enough,” said 3.07.021 {p} “Maybe you will 3.07.022 {ps} The host turned 3.07.023 {p} At Helm’s Gate, 3.07.024 {ps} The Riders were 3.07.025 {p} “We have found 3.07.026 {p} “Has aught been 3.07.027 {p} “Yes, lord. Many 3.07.028 {p} “It will go 3.07.029 {p} “It is very 3.07.030 {p} “Then let us 3.07.031 {p} “Trust not to 3.07.032 {ps} Aragorn and Legolas 3.07.033 {p} “It will not 3.07.034 {p} The rumour of 3.07.035 {p} “It is a 3.07.036 {p} “They bring fire,” 3.07.037 {p} “Would that day 3.07.038 {p} “We need not 3.07.039 {p} “Nay, we are 3.07.040 {p} “At the breach 3.07.041 {ps} There was neither 3.07.042 {p} “The Lord of 3.07.043 {p} “This is good 3.07.044 {p} The host passed 3.07.045 {p} “Maybe, we have 3.07.046 {p} “I fear that 3.07.047 {p} “I would that 3.07.048 {p} “Behind us in 3.07.049 {p} “That is well,” 3.07.050 {p} “If they come 3.07.051 {ps} The king and 3.07.052 {p} Quickly Éomer set 3.07.053 {p} The Deeping Wall 3.07.054 {ps} Gimli stood leaning 3.07.055 {p} “This is more 3.07.056 {p} “I do not 3.07.057 {p} “It is dark 3.07.058 {ps} A slow time 3.07.059 {p} Suddenly from the 3.07.060 {p} “The enemy is 3.07.061 {ps} It was now 3.07.062 {p} Arrows thick as 3.07.063 {p} The assailing hosts 3.07.064 {p} Brazen trumpets sounded. 3.07.065 {p} Then at last 3.07.066 {p} Éomer and Aragorn 3.07.067 {p} “Come!” said Aragorn. 3.07.068 {p} Running like fire, 3.07.069 {p} “Gúthwinë!” cried Éomer. 3.07.070 {p} “Andúril!” cried Aragorn. 3.07.071 {p} Charging from the 3.07.072 {p} Dismayed the rammers 3.07.073 {ps} For a moment 3.07.074 {p} “We did not 3.07.075 {p} “Yet we cannot 3.07.076 {p} They turned and 3.07.077 {p} Éomer struggled to 3.07.078 {ps} The postern was 3.07.079 {p} “I followed you 3.07.080 {p} “I shall not 3.07.081 {p} “There may be 3.07.082 {ps} “Two!” said Gimli, 3.07.083 {p} “Two?” said Legolas. 3.07.084 {ps} The sky now 3.07.085 {p} The men of 3.07.086 {p} Then a clamour 3.07.087 {p} Down from the 3.07.088 {p} “Ai-oi!” he shouted. 3.07.089 {ps} Gamling the Old 3.07.090 {p} Their onset was 3.07.091 {p} “Twenty-one!” cried Gimli. 3.07.092 {p} “We must stop 3.07.093 {p} “We do not 3.07.094 {p} They gathered such 3.07.095 {p} “It will be 3.07.096 {p} He climbed up 3.07.097 {p} “Twenty-one!” said Gimli. 3.07.098 {p} “Good!” said Legolas. 3.07.099 {ps} Éomer and Aragorn 3.07.100 {p} Aragorn looked at 3.07.101 {p} “Dawn is not 3.07.102 {p} “Yet dawn is 3.07.103 {p} “But these creatures 3.07.104 {p} “I hear them,” 3.07.105 {p} “Yet there are 3.07.106 {p} “Nonetheless day will 3.07.107 {p} “So the minstrels 3.07.108 {p} “Then let us 3.07.109 {ps} Even as they 3.07.110 {p} “Devilry of Saruman!” 3.07.111 {p} A broad stairway 3.07.112 {p} “All who can 3.07.113 {p} Aragorn turned and 3.07.114 {p} “Things go ill, 3.07.115 {p} “Ill enough,” said 3.07.116 {p} “I do not 3.07.117 {p} “Alas! That is 3.07.118 {p} “He is stout 3.07.119 {p} “That must be 3.07.120 {p} “If he wins 3.07.121 {p} “I must go 3.07.122 {ps} Aragorn now passed 3.07.123 {p} “Nay, he did 3.07.124 {p} Aragorn strode on 3.07.125 {p} “What is the 3.07.126 {p} “The Deeping Wall 3.07.127 {p} “Is Éomer here?” 3.07.128 {p} “No, lord. But 3.07.129 {p} “More than we. 3.07.130 {p} “But the Orcs 3.07.131 {p} “I fret in 3.07.132 {p} “Here at least 3.07.133 {p} “It is said 3.07.134 {p} “Do not judge 3.07.135 {p} “The end will 3.07.136 {p} “I will ride 3.07.137 {p} Taking his leave, 3.07.138 {ps} At last Aragorn 3.07.139 {p} The Orcs yelled 3.07.140 {p} “The king stays 3.07.141 {p} “Then what are 3.07.142 {p} “I looked out 3.07.143 {p} “What of the 3.07.144 {p} “None knows what 3.07.145 {p} “Get down or 3.07.146 {p} “I have still 3.07.147 {p} So great a 3.07.148 {p} There was a 3.07.149 {p} But even as 3.07.150 {ps} All that heard 3.07.151 {p} “Helm! Helm!” the 3.07.152 {p} And with that 3.07.153 {p} “Forth Eorlingas!” With 3.07.154 {p} On they rode, 3.07.155 {ps} So King Théoden 3.07.156 {p} The land had 3.07.157 {p} There suddenly upon 3.07.158 {ps} “Erkenbrand!” the Riders 3.07.159 {p} “Behold the White 3.07.160 {p} “Mithrandir, Mithrandir!” said 3.07.161 {p} The hosts of Chapter 3.08: The Road to Isengard 3.08.001 {p} So it was 3.08.002 {p} Suddenly there was 3.08.003 {p} “Forty-two, Master Legolas!” 3.08.004 {p} “You have passed 3.08.005 {p} “Welcome, Éomer, sister-son!” 3.08.006 {p} “Hail, Lord of 3.08.007 {p} “Unlooked-for?” said Gandalf. 3.08.008 {p} “But you did 3.08.009 {p} “That may be. 3.08.010 {p} Then they all 3.08.011 {p} Gandalf laughed long 3.08.012 {p} “Then if not 3.08.013 {p} “It is not 3.08.014 {lg} “Ere iron was 3.08.015 {p} “And what may 3.08.016 {p} “If you would 3.08.017 {p} “To Isengard?” they 3.08.018 {p} “Yes,” said Gandalf. 3.08.019 {p} “But there are 3.08.020 {p} “Nevertheless to Isengard 3.08.021 {p} “Nay!” said Théoden. 3.08.022 {p} “I wish to 3.08.023 {p} “My men are 3.08.024 {p} “Then let all 3.08.025 {p} The King then 3.08.026 {p} “It was only 3.08.027 {p} “I will tend 3.08.028 {ps} The king now 3.08.029 {p} No Orcs remained 3.08.030 {p} The Men of 3.08.031 {p} “Help now to 3.08.032 {p} The men of 3.08.033 {p} In the midst 3.08.034 {p} The Orcs were 3.08.035 {p} “Let the Orcs 3.08.036 {ps} In the afternoon 3.08.037 {p} The sun was 3.08.038 {p} The Riders came 3.08.039 {p} Legolas and Gimli 3.08.040 {p} “It is hot 3.08.041 {p} “Yes,” said Gandalf. 3.08.042 {p} “What has become 3.08.043 {p} “That, I think, 3.08.044 {ps} They rode in 3.08.045 {p} “These are the 3.08.046 {p} “No, no!” said 3.08.047 {p} “Not of all 3.08.048 {p} “Then that is 3.08.049 {p} “Strange are the 3.08.050 {p} “And I would 3.08.051 {p} “You have not 3.08.052 {p} “And, Legolas, when 3.08.053 {p} “Then I will 3.08.054 {p} “No, you do 3.08.055 {p} “You move me, 3.08.056 {p} “That would not 3.08.057 {p} “You have my 3.08.058 {p} “About fifteen leagues, 3.08.059 {p} “And when we 3.08.060 {p} “I do not 3.08.061 {ps} At last the 3.08.062 {p} “There are eyes!” 3.08.063 {p} The others, surprised 3.08.064 {p} “No, no!” cried 3.08.065 {p} “Stay, Legolas Greenleaf!” 3.08.066 {p} Even as he 3.08.067 {p} “You need no 3.08.068 {p} So it seemed 3.08.069 {p} “Herdsmen!” said Théoden. 3.08.070 {p} “They are the 3.08.071 {p} The king was 3.08.072 {p} “You should be 3.08.073 {p} “Yet also I 3.08.074 {p} “It may,” said 3.08.075 {ps} The company turned 3.08.076 {p} “The carrion-fowl have 3.08.077 {p} They rode now 3.08.078 {p} The road dipped 3.08.079 {p} “This is become 3.08.080 {p} “So it would 3.08.081 {p} “Alas!” said Théoden. 3.08.082 {p} “This is our 3.08.083 {p} They rode down 3.08.084 {p} “Look!” said Gandalf. 3.08.085 {p} And they saw 3.08.086 {p} “Here lie all 3.08.087 {p} “Here let them 3.08.088 {p} “Is this your 3.08.089 {p} “With the help 3.08.090 {p} “And glad shall 3.08.091 {p} With that the 3.08.092 {p} There was an 3.08.093 {p} “What do you 3.08.094 {p} “There is ever 3.08.095 {p} “Maybe he is,” 3.08.096 {p} They camped beside 3.08.097 {p} “Stay where you 3.08.098 {p} A mist gathered 3.08.099 {ps} Away south upon 3.08.100 {ps} The king and 3.08.101 {p} At dawn they 3.08.102 {p} It was not 3.08.103 {p} After they had 3.08.104 {ps} Beneath the mountain’s 3.08.105 {p} This was its 3.08.106 {p} Many houses there 3.08.107 {p} To the centre 3.08.108 {p} A strong place 3.08.109 {p} This was the 3.08.110 {ps} Now Gandalf rode 3.08.111 {p} At last Gandalf 3.08.112 {p} But the doors 3.08.113 {p} The ring beyond 3.08.114 {p} The king and 3.08.115 {ps} For a moment 3.08.116 {p} “Welcome, my lords, 3.08.117 {p} “Doubtless he would!” 3.08.118 {p} “No, good sir, 3.08.119 {p} “And what about 3.08.120 {p} “You speak for 3.08.121 {p} “One thing you 3.08.122 {p} “Well-earned?” said Gimli. 3.08.123 {p} The Riders laughed. 3.08.124 {p} “Hobbits, if you 3.08.125 {p} “Hobbits?” said Théoden. 3.08.126 {p} Merry bowed; and 3.08.127 {p} “My people came 3.08.128 {p} “It could indeed, 3.08.129 {p} “For one thing,” 3.08.130 {p} “That is not 3.08.131 {p} “You do not 3.08.132 {p} “Away on the 3.08.133 {p} “And is Orthanc 3.08.134 {p} “There is the 3.08.135 {p} “Yes, a tall 3.08.136 {p} “It is past 3.08.137 {p} “He left a 3.08.138 {p} Gandalf laughed. “That 3.08.139 {p} “I will come 3.08.140 {p} The hobbits bowed Chapter 3.09: Flotsam and Jetsam 3.09.001 {p} Gandalf and the 3.09.002 {p} “Well, well! The 3.09.003 {p} “And now that 3.09.004 {p} “And there is 3.09.005 {p} “All in good 3.09.006 {p} “Or second,” said 3.09.007 {p} “Then you shall 3.09.008 {p} “Less than an 3.09.009 {p} “We wouldn’t ask 3.09.010 {p} “And pipe-weed?” asked 3.09.011 {p} “No, I don’t 3.09.012 {p} “Well let us 3.09.013 {ps} The hobbits led 3.09.014 {p} “I lit a 3.09.015 {p} Aragorn and his 3.09.016 {p} “Store-room in there, 3.09.017 {p} “And you need 3.09.018 {p} “Indeed yes,” said 3.09.019 {p} The three were 3.09.020 {p} “You are full 3.09.021 {p} “Maybe; and why 3.09.022 {p} “It does not 3.09.023 {p} “Aye, you do 3.09.024 {p} “He has not,” 3.09.025 {p} “You have drunk 3.09.026 {p} “Many strange tales 3.09.027 {p} “Ents,” said Pippin, 3.09.028 {p} “Now, now!” said 3.09.029 {p} “You shall have 3.09.030 {p} He produced a 3.09.031 {p} Gimli took some 3.09.032 {p} “It is good!” 3.09.033 {p} “It would,” said 3.09.034 {p} “No, I am 3.09.035 {p} “Half a moment!” 3.09.036 {p} “Settle it!” cried 3.09.037 {p} “Well, I am 3.09.038 {p} “We will come 3.09.039 {p} They went out 3.09.040 {p} “Now let us 3.09.041 {p} “Look!” said Pippin. 3.09.042 {p} “He has never 3.09.043 {ps} They smoked in 3.09.044 {p} “Well, my tale 3.09.045 {p} “The fifth of 3.09.046 {p} “Here are some 3.09.047 {p} “Well!” said Merry. 3.09.048 {p} “And here also 3.09.049 {p} “I know,” said 3.09.050 {p} “Nothing else,” answered 3.09.051 {p} “The cutting of 3.09.052 {p} “And set us 3.09.053 {p} “Unfortunately not,” said 3.09.054 {p} “All this about 3.09.055 {p} “Yes, whichever side 3.09.056 {p} “We caught a 3.09.057 {p} “When was that?” 3.09.058 {p} “Five nights ago,” 3.09.059 {p} “Let me see,” 3.09.060 {p} “If Saruman had 3.09.061 {lg} “Though Isengard be 3.09.062 {p} “There was very 3.09.063 {p} “We came down 3.09.064 {p} “It was the 3.09.065 {p} “There is a 3.09.066 {p} “Well, in the 3.09.067 {p} “Treebeard and a 3.09.068 {p} “Then all at 3.09.069 {p} “I thought of 3.09.070 {p} “Well, of all 3.09.071 {p} “But, though I 3.09.072 {p} “As soon as 3.09.073 {p} “When Treebeard had 3.09.074 {p} “They pushed, pulled, 3.09.075 {p} “No,” said Aragorn. 3.09.076 {p} “The Ents are 3.09.077 {p} “When the Ents 3.09.078 {p} “When Saruman was 3.09.079 {p} “That sent them 3.09.080 {p} “So Treebeard went 3.09.081 {p} “They set a 3.09.082 {p} “In the afternoon 3.09.083 {p} “At dusk Treebeard 3.09.084 {p} “‘Tired?’ he said, 3.09.085 {p} “We were just 3.09.086 {p} “There was no 3.09.087 {p} “Treebeard heard his 3.09.088 {p} “‘Hoom! Gandalf!’ said 3.09.089 {p} “‘Treebeard,’ said Gandalf. 3.09.090 {p} “Then those two 3.09.091 {p} “‘But Gandalf,’ I 3.09.092 {p} “‘Wherever I have 3.09.093 {p} “Treebeard was very 3.09.094 {p} “Before he went, 3.09.095 {p} “‘Huorns will help,’ 3.09.096 {ps} “It was deep 3.09.097 {p} “It must have 3.09.098 {p} “Isengard began to 3.09.099 {p} “We saw a 3.09.100 {p} “Not he!” said 3.09.101 {ps} “Since then the 3.09.102 {ps} They all fell 3.09.103 {p} “Oh yes, I 3.09.104 {p} “‘I have just 3.09.105 {p} “He had hardly 3.09.106 {p} “‘No one else 3.09.107 {p} “I caught the 3.09.108 {p} “‘Let me go, 3.09.109 {p} “‘You knew the 3.09.110 {p} “He let Wormtongue 3.09.111 {p} “‘Let me go 3.09.112 {p} “‘They are indeed,’ 3.09.113 {p} “The man shivered 3.09.114 {p} “‘The water is 3.09.115 {p} “With that the 3.09.116 {p} “‘Well, he has 3.09.117 {p} “He was,” said 3.09.118 {p} “Yes, I don’t 3.09.119 {p} “‘We want man-food 3.09.120 {p} “‘What about drink?’ 3.09.121 {p} “‘There is water 3.09.122 {p} “We understand it 3.09.123 {p} “All except one 3.09.124 {p} “Yes,” said Pippin. 3.09.125 {p} “Ah well, whatever 3.09.126 {p} “I wonder what Chapter 3.10: The Voice of Saruman 3.10.001 {p} They passed through 3.10.002 {p} “There is Gandalf, 3.10.003 {p} “Walk warily!” said 3.10.004 {ps} They followed what 3.10.005 {p} “Well, Treebeard and 3.10.006 {p} “We have,” said 3.10.007 {p} “Do you indeed?” 3.10.008 {p} “I will come,” 3.10.009 {p} “And how will 3.10.010 {p} “What’s the danger?” 3.10.011 {p} “The last is 3.10.012 {ps} They came now 3.10.013 {p} On the eastern 3.10.014 {p} At the foot 3.10.015 {p} “And I too 3.10.016 {p} “As you will,” 3.10.017 {p} “Nay!” said Gimli. 3.10.018 {p} “Come then!” said 3.10.019 {p} The Riders of 3.10.020 {p} “Half a sticky 3.10.021 {p} Gandalf stood before 3.10.022 {p} For some time 3.10.023 {p} “Who is it?” 3.10.024 {p} Théoden started. “I 3.10.025 {p} “Go and fetch 3.10.026 {p} The window closed. 3.10.027 {p} “Well?” it said 3.10.028 {p} They looked up, 3.10.029 {p} “Like, and yet 3.10.030 {p} “But come now,” 3.10.031 {p} Théoden opened his 3.10.032 {p} It was Gimli 3.10.033 {p} “Peace!” said Saruman, 3.10.034 {p} “What have you 3.10.035 {p} Still Théoden did 3.10.036 {p} “Lord, hear me!” 3.10.037 {p} “If we speak 3.10.038 {p} “But my lord 3.10.039 {p} “We will have 3.10.040 {p} The Riders gazed 3.10.041 {p} “Gibbets and crows!” 3.10.042 {p} “But you, Gandalf! 3.10.043 {p} Gandalf stirred, and 3.10.044 {p} Saruman paused. “Unsay?” 3.10.045 {p} So great was 3.10.046 {p} Then Gandalf laughed. 3.10.047 {p} “Saruman, Saruman!” said 3.10.048 {p} A shadow passed 3.10.049 {p} “Will I come 3.10.050 {p} “The treacherous are 3.10.051 {p} “That sounds well,” 3.10.052 {p} “Reasons for leaving 3.10.053 {p} Saruman’s face grew 3.10.054 {p} “Come back, Saruman!” 3.10.055 {p} “I did not 3.10.056 {p} He raised his 3.10.057 {p} “The murderous rogue!” 3.10.058 {p} “The aim was 3.10.059 {p} “That may be 3.10.060 {p} “Here, my lad, 3.10.061 {p} “But he may 3.10.062 {p} “It is the 3.10.063 {ps} They turned their 3.10.064 {p} “Well, that is 3.10.065 {p} “He will have 3.10.066 {p} “Not likely,” answered 3.10.067 {p} “And what if 3.10.068 {p} “I? Nothing!” said 3.10.069 {p} A shrill shriek, 3.10.070 {p} “It seems that 3.10.071 {ps} They returned now 3.10.072 {p} “Here are three 3.10.073 {p} The Old Ent 3.10.074 {p} “And still is,” 3.10.075 {p} Treebeard’s eyes gleamed 3.10.076 {p} “I will come, 3.10.077 {p} “Any Elf that 3.10.078 {p} “The friend I 3.10.079 {p} “Hoom, hm! Ah 3.10.080 {p} “Strange it may 3.10.081 {p} “Hoo! Come now!” 3.10.082 {p} “Yes, we must 3.10.083 {p} “Maybe I shall,” 3.10.084 {lg} “Ents the earthborn, 3.10.085 {p} “they shall remain 3.10.086 {p} “We will!” said 3.10.087 {p} “So Saruman would 3.10.088 {p} “No,” said Gandalf. 3.10.089 {p} “Indeed no! Ents 3.10.090 {p} “Good!” said Gandalf. 3.10.091 {p} “Leave it to Chapter 3.11: The Palantír 3.11.001 {p} The sun was 3.11.002 {p} Ents in a 3.11.003 {p} They came to 3.11.004 {p} “The Ents pay 3.11.005 {p} They rode on, 3.11.006 {ps} “Are we riding 3.11.007 {p} “So you heard 3.11.008 {p} “Thank you!” said 3.11.009 {p} Gandalf laughed. “A 3.11.010 {p} “When we came, 3.11.011 {p} “Nothing or a 3.11.012 {p} “Then you’d best 3.11.013 {p} “All right, I’ll 3.11.014 {p} “Yes, we have 3.11.015 {ps} The road passed 3.11.016 {p} At last they 3.11.017 {p} Guards were set, 3.11.018 {p} “What’s the matter?” 3.11.019 {p} “No,” said Pippin, 3.11.020 {p} Merry yawned. “Work 3.11.021 {p} “Oh, that!” said 3.11.022 {p} “Well, Rivendell then,” 3.11.023 {p} “You had the 3.11.024 {p} “Well, what of 3.11.025 {p} “Did you get 3.11.026 {p} “Yes, a good 3.11.027 {p} “Can I? Good! 3.11.028 {p} “Oh yes, he 3.11.029 {p} “Well, if Gandalf 3.11.030 {p} “Hullo!” said Merry. 3.11.031 {p} “But our whole 3.11.032 {p} “Go to sleep!” 3.11.033 {p} “All right! What’s 3.11.034 {p} “Well, what else 3.11.035 {ps} Pippin said no 3.11.036 {p} At last he 3.11.037 {p} Hardly breathing, Pippin 3.11.038 {p} Quickly now he 3.11.039 {p} “You idiotic fool!” 3.11.040 {p} Pippin sat with 3.11.041 {p} The cry was 3.11.042 {ps} “So this is 3.11.043 {p} He took Pippin’s 3.11.044 {p} “It is not 3.11.045 {p} “Peregrin Took!” he 3.11.046 {p} The hobbit relaxed 3.11.047 {p} “Forgive you?” said 3.11.048 {p} “I, I took 3.11.049 {p} “That won’t do,” 3.11.050 {p} Pippin shut his 3.11.051 {p} In a low 3.11.052 {p} “I tried to 3.11.053 {p} “‘So you have 3.11.054 {p} “I did not 3.11.055 {p} “Then suddenly he 3.11.056 {p} “Then he gloated 3.11.057 {p} “Look at me!” 3.11.058 {p} Pippin looked up 3.11.059 {p} “All right!” he 3.11.060 {p} He lifted Pippin 3.11.061 {ps} With that Gandalf 3.11.062 {p} “How is the 3.11.063 {p} “I think all 3.11.064 {p} “Dangerous indeed, but 3.11.065 {p} Gandalf looked at 3.11.066 {p} “Receive it, lord!” 3.11.067 {p} “When have I 3.11.068 {p} “Never yet. Do 3.11.069 {p} “Yes, there can 3.11.070 {p} “Strange powers have 3.11.071 {p} “That many times 3.11.072 {p} “That hour is 3.11.073 {p} “Not yet,” said 3.11.074 {p} “I will keep 3.11.075 {p} “As you will,” 3.11.076 {ps} At that moment 3.11.077 {p} They stood up, 3.11.078 {p} “Nazgûl!” he cried. 3.11.079 {p} He sprang away, 3.11.080 {p} “Farewell! Follow fast!” 3.11.081 {p} The great horse 3.11.082 {ps} “A beautiful, restful 3.11.083 {p} “If you had 3.11.084 {ps} Over the plains 3.11.085 {p} Pippin was recovering. 3.11.086 {p} “I did not 3.11.087 {p} “I do not 3.11.088 {p} “How fast is 3.11.089 {p} “He is running 3.11.090 {p} Pippin was silent 3.11.091 {lg} Tall ships and 3.11.092 {ps} “What are you 3.11.093 {p} “I was just 3.11.094 {p} “No, not all,” 3.11.095 {p} “About the palantíri 3.11.096 {p} “And what are 3.11.097 {p} “The name meant 3.11.098 {p} “Then it was 3.11.099 {p} “No,” said Gandalf. 3.11.100 {p} “What did the 3.11.101 {p} “To see far 3.11.102 {p} “Each palantír replied 3.11.103 {p} “Who knows where 3.11.104 {p} “Easy it is 3.11.105 {p} “I wish I 3.11.106 {p} “Oh yes, you 3.11.107 {p} “It does,” said 3.11.108 {p} “Good!” said Gandalf. 3.11.109 {p} “But I should 3.11.110 {p} “Mercy!” cried Gandalf. 3.11.111 {p} “The names of 3.11.112 {p} “It was a 3.11.113 {p} “But it was 3.11.114 {p} “Of course not,” 3.11.115 {p} “But I cannot 3.11.116 {p} Pippin made no 3.11.117 {p} “See now!” said 3.11.118 {p} “I thought you 3.11.119 {p} “To Minas Tirith, 3.11.120 {p} “Oh! And how 3.11.121 {p} “Leagues upon leagues,” 3.11.122 {p} “We shall ride 3.11.123 {p} “Away now, Shadowfax! 3.11.124 {p} Shadowfax tossed his 3.11.125 {p} As he fell Chapter 4.01: The Taming of Sméagol 4.01.001 {p} “Well, master, we’re 4.01.002 {p} It was the 4.01.003 {ps} The hobbits stood 4.01.004 {p} “What a fix!” 4.01.005 {p} “Yes, I can 4.01.006 {p} “Or another and 4.01.007 {p} “I wonder,” said 4.01.008 {p} “Only those, what 4.01.009 {ps} They turned away 4.01.010 {p} “Did you see 4.01.011 {p} “No,” said Frodo. 4.01.012 {p} “Nor me,” said 4.01.013 {p} “I hope you’ll 4.01.014 {p} “I hope that’s 4.01.015 {p} “So do I,” 4.01.016 {ps} But that day 4.01.017 {p} Sometimes in the 4.01.018 {p} All that day 4.01.019 {p} At last they 4.01.020 {p} “There’s nothing for 4.01.021 {p} “A nasty drop, 4.01.022 {p} The cleft was 4.01.023 {p} “Look!” he said. 4.01.024 {p} Sam knelt beside 4.01.025 {p} “It would be 4.01.026 {p} “And that’s enough!” 4.01.027 {p} “All the same,” 4.01.028 {p} The outer fall 4.01.029 {p} “And if we’re 4.01.030 {p} The smoky blur 4.01.031 {p} “Very good!” said 4.01.032 {p} “You?” said Frodo. 4.01.033 {p} “I haven’t changed 4.01.034 {p} Before Frodo could 4.01.035 {p} “No, no! Sam, 4.01.036 {p} “I don’t know 4.01.037 {p} “Climb back, I 4.01.038 {p} “Easy said,” objected 4.01.039 {p} “No! Not if 4.01.040 {p} Gripping the stony 4.01.041 {ps} The hurrying darkness, 4.01.042 {p} Sam heard him 4.01.043 {p} He heard no 4.01.044 {p} “All right, all 4.01.045 {p} Frodo was calling 4.01.046 {p} “Come back! Come 4.01.047 {p} “I can’t,” he 4.01.048 {p} “What can I 4.01.049 {p} There was another 4.01.050 {p} “I’m coming down 4.01.051 {p} “No, no! wait!” 4.01.052 {p} “Rope!” cried Sam, 4.01.053 {p} “Stop chattering!” cried 4.01.054 {p} “Yes, Mr. Frodo, 4.01.055 {p} “Then get busy 4.01.056 {p} Quickly Sam unslung 4.01.057 {p} Sam stepped back 4.01.058 {p} Thunder growled and 4.01.059 {p} “I should have 4.01.060 {p} “Better luck if 4.01.061 {p} “A pity I 4.01.062 {p} Sam paid it 4.01.063 {p} “Who’d have thought 4.01.064 {p} “Ah! Who would?” 4.01.065 {p} “Thirty ells!” said 4.01.066 {p} “The rain’s nearly 4.01.067 {p} “And I’m thinking 4.01.068 {p} With that he 4.01.069 {p} “It’s good to 4.01.070 {p} “It does look 4.01.071 {p} Frodo thought for 4.01.072 {p} “Very well,” said 4.01.073 {ps} It did not, 4.01.074 {p} Frodo took rather 4.01.075 {p} “Well!” he cried. 4.01.076 {p} But Sam did 4.01.077 {p} “If you can 4.01.078 {p} Sam scratched his 4.01.079 {p} To the complete 4.01.080 {p} Sam did not 4.01.081 {p} “Then the rope 4.01.082 {p} “I bet it 4.01.083 {p} “Then I’m afraid 4.01.084 {p} Sam shook his 4.01.085 {p} “It certainly came,” 4.01.086 {p} “They do cheer 4.01.087 {p} “Yes,” said Frodo; 4.01.088 {ps} Under the first 4.01.089 {p} They picked their 4.01.090 {p} “We had better 4.01.091 {p} “I suppose so,” 4.01.092 {ps} They did not 4.01.093 {p} “Well!” said Frodo, 4.01.094 {p} Sam looked and 4.01.095 {ps} Down the face 4.01.096 {p} “Do you think 4.01.097 {p} “I don’t know,” 4.01.098 {p} “Then why is 4.01.099 {p} “Quietly, Sam!” said 4.01.100 {p} “Well, I’m sick 4.01.101 {p} “Careful!” whispered Frodo 4.01.102 {p} The black crawling 4.01.103 {p} “Ach, sss! Cautious, 4.01.104 {p} He was getting 4.01.105 {p} “It doesn’t sound 4.01.106 {p} “Hsh!” breathed Frodo. 4.01.107 {p} Indeed Gollum had 4.01.108 {p} At last he 4.01.109 {p} Sam was out 4.01.110 {p} Things would have 4.01.111 {p} “Let go! Gollum,” 4.01.112 {p} Gollum collapsed and 4.01.113 {p} “Don’t hurt us! 4.01.114 {p} “Well, what’s to 4.01.115 {p} “But that would 4.01.116 {p} “No,” said Frodo. 4.01.117 {p} “Oh hasn’t he!” 4.01.118 {p} “I daresay,” said 4.01.119 {p} It seemed to 4.01.120 {p} What a pity 4.01.121 {p} Pity? It was 4.01.122 {p} I do not 4.01.123 {p} Deserves death! I 4.01.124 {p} “Very well,” he 4.01.125 {ps} Sam stared at 4.01.126 {p} “Yess, wretched we 4.01.127 {p} “No, we won’t,” 4.01.128 {p} “Yess, yes indeed,” 4.01.129 {p} Sam scowled at 4.01.130 {p} Frodo looked straight 4.01.131 {p} “Ach! sss!” said 4.01.132 {p} “So you have 4.01.133 {p} “Yess. Yess. No!” 4.01.134 {p} “He will not 4.01.135 {p} Gollum sat up 4.01.136 {p} “Perhaps we’ll find 4.01.137 {p} “No, no, never! 4.01.138 {p} “Get up!” said 4.01.139 {p} Gollum stood up 4.01.140 {p} “Now!” said Frodo. 4.01.141 {p} “The big lights 4.01.142 {p} “Then sit down,” 4.01.143 {ps} The hobbits seated 4.01.144 {p} Frodo looked across 4.01.145 {p} Suddenly, with startling 4.01.146 {p} “Your rope might 4.01.147 {p} Sam got out 4.01.148 {p} Gollum lay quiet 4.01.149 {p} “All we need 4.01.150 {p} He stood over 4.01.151 {p} At last Frodo 4.01.152 {p} “It hurts us, 4.01.153 {p} “No, I will 4.01.154 {p} “We will swear 4.01.155 {p} “Swear?” said Frodo. 4.01.156 {p} “Sméagol,” said Gollum 4.01.157 {p} Frodo drew himself 4.01.158 {qt} “One Ring to 4.01.159 {p} “Would you commit 4.01.160 {p} Gollum cowered. “On 4.01.161 {p} “And what would 4.01.162 {p} “To be very 4.01.163 {p} “No! not on 4.01.164 {p} For a moment 4.01.165 {p} “Down! down!” said 4.01.166 {p} “We promises, yes 4.01.167 {p} “Take the rope 4.01.168 {p} Reluctantly Sam obeyed. 4.01.169 {p} “Well, Gollum, or 4.01.170 {p} “Yes, yes,” agreed 4.01.171 {p} He took a 4.01.172 {p} “No, no!” said 4.01.173 {p} In the deep Chapter 4.02: The Passage of the Marshes 4.02.001 {p} Gollum moved quickly, 4.02.002 {p} “Here it is!” 4.02.003 {p} Gollum cast up 4.02.004 {p} He led the 4.02.005 {lg} The cold hard 4.02.006 {p} “Ha! ha! What 4.02.007 {lg} Alive without breath; 4.02.008 {p} These words only 4.02.009 {ps} They stumbled along 4.02.010 {p} “Day is near,” 4.02.011 {p} “We should be 4.02.012 {p} “You are not 4.02.013 {p} The three of 4.02.014 {p} “We must take 4.02.015 {p} At the word 4.02.016 {p} “No, we have 4.02.017 {p} “Yess, yess, nice 4.02.018 {p} Frodo broke off 4.02.019 {p} “Ach! No!” he 4.02.020 {p} “I’m sorry,” said 4.02.021 {ps} The hobbits munched 4.02.022 {p} “Look here!” Sam 4.02.023 {p} “Perhaps you’re right, 4.02.024 {p} So tired was 4.02.025 {p} Sam scratched his 4.02.026 {ps} When he woke 4.02.027 {p} “Poor wretch!” he 4.02.028 {p} “Not far, not 4.02.029 {p} “Here, what are 4.02.030 {p} “Sméagol is hungry,” 4.02.031 {p} “Come back now!” 4.02.032 {p} Frodo woke at 4.02.033 {p} “I dunno,” said 4.02.034 {p} “Don’t worry!” said 4.02.035 {p} Frodo made light 4.02.036 {p} “About the food,” 4.02.037 {p} “I don’t know 4.02.038 {p} Sam nodded silently. 4.02.039 {p} It was actually 4.02.040 {p} “Worms or beetles 4.02.041 {p} Gollum said nothing 4.02.042 {ps} The next stage 4.02.043 {p} In a chill 4.02.044 {ps} On either side 4.02.045 {ps} The hobbits were 4.02.046 {p} “How do we 4.02.047 {p} “No need, no 4.02.048 {ps} It was already 4.02.049 {p} Frodo seemed the 4.02.050 {p} It was dreary 4.02.051 {p} As the day 4.02.052 {p} “Not a bird!” 4.02.053 {p} “No, no birds,” 4.02.054 {ps} So passed the 4.02.055 {p} They walked slowly, 4.02.056 {p} Presently it grew 4.02.057 {p} At last Sam 4.02.058 {p} Gollum looked up. 4.02.059 {p} Sam looked back 4.02.060 {p} “Come, Mr. Frodo!” 4.02.061 {p} “All right,” said 4.02.062 {p} Hurrying forward again, 4.02.063 {p} Gollum laughed. “The 4.02.064 {p} “Who are they? 4.02.065 {p} “I don’t know,” 4.02.066 {p} “Yes, yes,” said 4.02.067 {p} “But that is 4.02.068 {p} “Who knows? Sméagol 4.02.069 {p} Sam looked darkly 4.02.070 {p} “Yes, yes,” said 4.02.071 {ps} He crawled away 4.02.072 {p} At last they 4.02.073 {p} It was late 4.02.074 {p} “Now on we 4.02.075 {p} “What is it?” 4.02.076 {p} “Yes, yes, and 4.02.077 {ps} He went on 4.02.078 {p} Gollum would not 4.02.079 {p} For a moment 4.02.080 {p} They fell forward, 4.02.081 {p} Frodo and Sam 4.02.082 {p} “Wraiths!” he wailed. 4.02.083 {ps} From that time 4.02.084 {p} In fact with 4.02.085 {p} Gollum probably felt 4.02.086 {ps} When day came 4.02.087 {p} While the grey 4.02.088 {p} At last, on 4.02.089 {p} They had come 4.02.090 {p} For a while 4.02.091 {ps} Too weary to 4.02.092 {p} The day passed 4.02.093 {ps} Suddenly Sam woke 4.02.094 {p} “Sméagol promised,” said 4.02.095 {p} “Yes, yes, my 4.02.096 {p} “I don’t know. 4.02.097 {p} “Yes, yes, to 4.02.098 {p} “But Sméagol said 4.02.099 {p} “Very very good, 4.02.100 {p} “But the Precious 4.02.101 {p} “Then take it,” 4.02.102 {p} “But not the 4.02.103 {p} “Oh no, not 4.02.104 {p} “No, not this 4.02.105 {p} “Yes, every Baggins. 4.02.106 {p} “But He’ll see, 4.02.107 {p} “He sees. He 4.02.108 {p} “Not for Him!” 4.02.109 {p} “No, sweet one. 4.02.110 {p} “But there’s two 4.02.111 {p} “We wants it! 4.02.112 {p} “No, no! Not 4.02.113 {p} “Yes! We wants 4.02.114 {p} Each time that 4.02.115 {ps} Sam had lain 4.02.116 {p} “What’s the time?” 4.02.117 {p} Gollum sent out 4.02.118 {p} “High time!” thought 4.02.119 {p} Strangely enough, Frodo 4.02.120 {p} “Come!” he said. 4.02.121 {p} “To the Gate, 4.02.122 {p} “Go on with 4.02.123 {ps} In the falling 4.02.124 {p} About an hour 4.02.125 {p} “Three times!” he 4.02.126 {p} Pleading and kind 4.02.127 {p} So they stumbled Chapter 4.03: The Black Gate is Closed 4.03.001 {p} Before the next 4.03.002 {p} Upon the west 4.03.003 {p} Across the mouth 4.03.004 {p} The two hobbits 4.03.005 {ps} Day came, and 4.03.006 {ps} “Well, here we 4.03.007 {p} “I suppose it’s 4.03.008 {p} “No, no!” said 4.03.009 {p} “Then what the 4.03.010 {p} “Master said so. 4.03.011 {p} “I did,” said 4.03.012 {p} “No, no, master!” 4.03.013 {p} “I am commanded 4.03.014 {ps} Sam said nothing. 4.03.015 {p} Gollum, however, did 4.03.016 {p} “Another way!” said 4.03.017 {p} “Yess! Yess indeed! 4.03.018 {p} “You have not 4.03.019 {p} “No. Master did 4.03.020 {ps} Sam frowned. If 4.03.021 {p} “And it’s a 4.03.022 {p} Frodo did not 4.03.023 {p} As he gazed 4.03.024 {p} “Sméagol,” he said, 4.03.025 {p} “Yes, yes, master!” 4.03.026 {p} “I did not 4.03.027 {p} Sam looked at 4.03.028 {p} Frodo waited patiently 4.03.029 {p} But Gollum was 4.03.030 {p} “On, on, on,” 4.03.031 {p} “No!” said Frodo. 4.03.032 {p} “O yes, O 4.03.033 {p} “See it, see 4.03.034 {p} “The old fortress, 4.03.035 {p} “Tales out of 4.03.036 {p} “That would be 4.03.037 {p} “Yes, He has 4.03.038 {p} “What does he 4.03.039 {p} “Well, master, there 4.03.040 {p} “But how will 4.03.041 {p} “O no, not 4.03.042 {p} “So that’s your 4.03.043 {p} “No, no indeed,” 4.03.044 {p} “You seem to 4.03.045 {p} “Not nice hobbit, 4.03.046 {p} “Just so!” said 4.03.047 {p} “Don’t make jokes 4.03.048 {p} “What did you 4.03.049 {p} Gollum crouched down 4.03.050 {p} “I don’t like 4.03.051 {p} “Is it not 4.03.052 {p} “It’s a lie!” 4.03.053 {p} Frodo felt a 4.03.054 {p} “I ask you 4.03.055 {p} But the name 4.03.056 {p} “Is it not 4.03.057 {p} “Yes, yes, perhaps. 4.03.058 {p} Its name was 4.03.059 {p} Maybe Frodo felt 4.03.060 {ps} The day drew 4.03.061 {p} Not even an 4.03.062 {p} Frodo’s head was 4.03.063 {p} Sam took a 4.03.064 {p} “No, perhaps not,” 4.03.065 {p} The feeling of 4.03.066 {ps} A new fear 4.03.067 {p} Gollum rose slowly 4.03.068 {p} “More Men going 4.03.069 {p} “Were there any 4.03.070 {p} “No, no oliphaunts. 4.03.071 {p} Sam stood up, 4.03.072 {lg} Grey as a 4.03.073 {p} “That,” said Sam, 4.03.074 {p} “No, no oliphaunts,” 4.03.075 {p} Frodo stood up. 4.03.076 {p} “Good master, wise Chapter 4.04: Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit 4.04.001 {p} For the few 4.04.002 {p} “Soon get more 4.04.003 {ps} The dusk was 4.04.004 {p} For many miles 4.04.005 {p} With hearts strangely 4.04.006 {ps} The growing light 4.04.007 {ps} The day passed 4.04.008 {p} As soon as 4.04.009 {p} The road had 4.04.010 {ps} So they passed 4.04.011 {p} Day was opening 4.04.012 {p} South and west 4.04.013 {p} The travellers turned 4.04.014 {p} Here they washed 4.04.015 {p} Sam scrambling below 4.04.016 {p} “Let’s find a 4.04.017 {ps} A little way 4.04.018 {p} Sam had been 4.04.019 {p} “If we reach 4.04.020 {p} Besides, at the 4.04.021 {p} “Hi! Gollum!” said 4.04.022 {p} “Yes, perhaps, yes,” 4.04.023 {p} “Right!” said Sam. 4.04.024 {ps} Gollum disappeared. He 4.04.025 {p} Gollum returned quietly 4.04.026 {p} “Sméagol always helps,” 4.04.027 {p} Sam, however, had 4.04.028 {p} “Now, Gollum,” he 4.04.029 {p} “Sméagol will fetch 4.04.030 {p} “Never you mind,” 4.04.031 {p} While Gollum was 4.04.032 {p} Sam gathered a 4.04.033 {p} He set the 4.04.034 {p} “Mustn’t do what?” 4.04.035 {p} “Not make the 4.04.036 {p} “I don’t think 4.04.037 {p} “Stew the rabbits!” 4.04.038 {p} “Now, now!” said 4.04.039 {p} Gollum withdrew grumbling, 4.04.040 {p} “Gollum!” he called 4.04.041 {p} “No!” said Gollum. 4.04.042 {p} “Sméagol’ll get into 4.04.043 {p} “Sméagol won’t go, 4.04.044 {p} “Po – ta 4.04.045 {p} “Yes, yes we 4.04.046 {p} “Oh you’re hopeless,” 4.04.047 {ps} In the end 4.04.048 {p} When he thought 4.04.049 {p} “Hullo, Sam!” he 4.04.050 {p} “About a couple 4.04.051 {p} Frodo yawned and 4.04.052 {p} “A present from 4.04.053 {ps} Sam and his 4.04.054 {p} “Wheew! Gollum!” Sam 4.04.055 {p} “Oh well, I 4.04.056 {p} “And then you 4.04.057 {p} “Don’t you drop 4.04.058 {ps} They finished, and 4.04.059 {p} “That won’t do! 4.04.060 {p} He found that 4.04.061 {p} “Did you hear 4.04.062 {p} “Hush!” whispered Frodo. 4.04.063 {ps} The two hobbits 4.04.064 {p} There was no 4.04.065 {p} “Here! Here is 4.04.066 {p} “Aye, and what 4.04.067 {p} At once four 4.04.068 {p} If they were 4.04.069 {p} “We have not 4.04.070 {p} “Not Orcs,” said 4.04.071 {p} “Elves?” said a 4.04.072 {p} “Nay! Not Elves,” 4.04.073 {p} “Meaning we’re not, 4.04.074 {p} The tall green 4.04.075 {p} “But we are 4.04.076 {p} “Then make haste 4.04.077 {p} “The third?” 4.04.078 {p} “Yes, the skulking 4.04.079 {p} “I do not 4.04.080 {p} “Boromir!” all the 4.04.081 {p} “Boromir son of 4.04.082 {p} “Are the riddling 4.04.083 {lg} Seek for the 4.04.084 {p} “The words are 4.04.085 {p} “Aragorn whom I 4.04.086 {p} “That I see,” 4.04.087 {p} “That is hidden,” 4.04.088 {p} “We must learn 4.04.089 {p} “Farewell!” said Frodo, 4.04.090 {p} “The Halflings are 4.04.091 {ps} The hobbits sat 4.04.092 {p} After a while 4.04.093 {p} “It is close 4.04.094 {p} “Aye, curse the 4.04.095 {p} “But still we 4.04.096 {ps} Their talk died 4.04.097 {p} “I wonder where 4.04.098 {p} He woke, thinking 4.04.099 {p} “It sounds like 4.04.100 {ps} But the noise 4.04.101 {p} Sam, eager to 4.04.102 {p} It was Sam’s 4.04.103 {p} “Ware! Ware!” cried 4.04.104 {p} To his astonishment 4.04.105 {p} On the great 4.04.106 {ps} Sam drew a 4.04.107 {p} “Sleep while you 4.04.108 {p} “Go quietly when 4.04.109 {p} Mablung laughed. “I Chapter 4.05: The Window on the West 4.05.001 {p} It seemed to 4.05.002 {p} Sam crept out 4.05.003 {p} Sam soon became 4.05.004 {p} “But it was 4.05.005 {p} Frodo made no 4.05.006 {p} “No, not because 4.05.007 {p} “Why so, and 4.05.008 {p} “Because Aragorn is 4.05.009 {p} A murmur of 4.05.010 {p} “Maybe,” he said. 4.05.011 {p} “Boromir was satisfied 4.05.012 {p} Frodo’s tone was 4.05.013 {p} “So!” he said. 4.05.014 {p} Vividly before Frodo’s 4.05.015 {p} Faramir smiled grimly. 4.05.016 {p} “I would grieve 4.05.017 {p} “I would not 4.05.018 {p} “How then did 4.05.019 {p} “As to the 4.05.020 {p} “But he was 4.05.021 {p} “Many indeed,” said 4.05.022 {ps} Sam had been 4.05.023 {p} “Begging your pardon, 4.05.024 {p} “See here, Captain!” 4.05.025 {p} “Patience!” said Faramir, 4.05.026 {p} Sam sat down 4.05.027 {p} A shadow of 4.05.028 {p} Frodo thought for 4.05.029 {p} “You remember well, 4.05.030 {p} “Five days ere 4.05.031 {p} “I sat at 4.05.032 {p} “An awe fell 4.05.033 {p} “A broken sword 4.05.034 {ps} “Alas!” said Frodo. 4.05.035 {p} Faramir looked closely 4.05.036 {p} “No more can 4.05.037 {p} “Nay, it was 4.05.038 {p} “Yet how could 4.05.039 {p} “I know not,” 4.05.040 {p} “From Lórien,” said 4.05.041 {p} “You passed through 4.05.042 {p} “Boromir, O Boromir!” 4.05.043 {p} Then turning again 4.05.044 {p} “And now the 4.05.045 {p} “No, I did 4.05.046 {p} “Will you not 4.05.047 {p} “Go back, Faramir, 4.05.048 {p} “For me there 4.05.049 {p} “But whatever befell 4.05.050 {p} He sprang to 4.05.051 {p} “Now you, Frodo 4.05.052 {ps} There was nothing 4.05.053 {p} They set out 4.05.054 {p} “I broke off 4.05.055 {p} “I told no 4.05.056 {p} “I do not 4.05.057 {p} “Near,” said Frodo, 4.05.058 {p} “Ah, then it 4.05.059 {p} “But, Frodo, I 4.05.060 {p} “And this I 4.05.061 {p} “It does,” said 4.05.062 {p} “I doubt it 4.05.063 {p} “But I stray. 4.05.064 {p} “The Grey Pilgrim?” 4.05.065 {p} “Mithrandir we called 4.05.066 {p} “Gandalf!” said Frodo. 4.05.067 {p} “Mithrandir was lost!” 4.05.068 {p} “Alas! yes,” said 4.05.069 {p} “I see that 4.05.070 {p} Now Faramir’s voice 4.05.071 {p} “What in truth 4.05.072 {p} “But fear no 4.05.073 {p} “Neither did the 4.05.074 {p} “For myself,” said 4.05.075 {p} “So fear me 4.05.076 {p} Frodo made no 4.05.077 {ps} They walked on 4.05.078 {p} Sam had taken 4.05.079 {p} Once, looking suddenly 4.05.080 {ps} So they passed 4.05.081 {p} “Here, alas! I 4.05.082 {p} “As you will,” 4.05.083 {p} “It is to 4.05.084 {p} He called softly 4.05.085 {p} With green scarves 4.05.086 {p} Then came the 4.05.087 {p} They stood on 4.05.088 {ps} “At least by 4.05.089 {p} Even as he 4.05.090 {p} “Well, here is 4.05.091 {ps} The hobbits were 4.05.092 {p} Faramir went about 4.05.093 {p} “You saw and 4.05.094 {p} “Well, no, lord,” 4.05.095 {p} “Perhaps,” said Faramir. 4.05.096 {p} Sam struggled with 4.05.097 {ps} Now more torches 4.05.098 {p} “Wake our guests,” 4.05.099 {p} Frodo sat up 4.05.100 {p} “Put it on 4.05.101 {p} “Is it the 4.05.102 {p} “No, before breakfast,” 4.05.103 {p} They were led 4.05.104 {p} “So we always 4.05.105 {p} “No,” said Frodo, 4.05.106 {p} “That we do 4.05.107 {ps} After so long 4.05.108 {p} When all was 4.05.109 {p} “You may soon 4.05.110 {p} Frodo no longer 4.05.111 {p} Frodo told many 4.05.112 {p} “It must have 4.05.113 {p} “He was the 4.05.114 {p} “Maybe, it would 4.05.115 {p} “Maybe. But tell 4.05.116 {p} “What hope have 4.05.117 {p} “The Men of 4.05.118 {p} “It is not 4.05.119 {p} “Death was ever 4.05.120 {p} “But the stewards 4.05.121 {p} “So it came 4.05.122 {p} “Of our lore 4.05.123 {p} “For so we 4.05.124 {p} “Yet now, if 4.05.125 {ps} “You don’t say 4.05.126 {p} “No indeed, Master 4.05.127 {p} “Yet there are 4.05.128 {p} “The Lady of 4.05.129 {p} “Then she must 4.05.130 {p} “I don’t know 4.05.131 {p} “Yes? Now Boromir 4.05.132 {p} “Yes sir, begging 4.05.133 {p} “Sam!” cried Frodo 4.05.134 {p} “Save me!” said 4.05.135 {p} “Now look here, 4.05.136 {p} “So it seems,” 4.05.137 {p} Frodo and Sam 4.05.138 {p} “Alas for Boromir! 4.05.139 {p} “But I am 4.05.140 {ps} The hobbits came 4.05.141 {p} “Well, Frodo, now 4.05.142 {p} “Not all is 4.05.143 {p} “But folk must 4.05.144 {p} Frodo had felt 4.05.145 {p} “I was going 4.05.146 {p} Faramir stared at 4.05.147 {p} Another bed was 4.05.148 {p} “Did I so?” 4.05.149 {p} “Yes sir, and 4.05.150 {p} Faramir smiled. “A 4.05.151 {p} “Ah well, sir,” 4.05.152 {p} “Maybe,” said Faramir. Chapter 4.06: The Forbidden Pool 4.06.001 {p} Frodo woke to 4.06.002 {p} “There is nothing 4.06.003 {p} “Is it morning 4.06.004 {p} “Not yet, but 4.06.005 {p} “I will,” said 4.06.006 {p} Sam, waking suddenly 4.06.007 {p} They went first 4.06.008 {ps} At last they 4.06.009 {p} Frodo turned to 4.06.010 {p} For a while 4.06.011 {p} Sam was eager 4.06.012 {p} Faramir heard and 4.06.013 {p} He stepped up 4.06.014 {p} Faramir turned to 4.06.015 {p} “’Tis not a 4.06.016 {p} “Shall we shoot?” 4.06.017 {p} Frodo did not 4.06.018 {p} “You know, then, 4.06.019 {p} “There are two 4.06.020 {p} “He is lured 4.06.021 {p} “Indeed yes. He 4.06.022 {p} “He bore it?” 4.06.023 {p} “Maybe. It is 4.06.024 {p} “What then does 4.06.025 {p} “Fish,” said Frodo. 4.06.026 {ps} They peered down 4.06.027 {p} Faramir laughed softly. 4.06.028 {p} “Now I have 4.06.029 {p} “Wait, Anborn,” said 4.06.030 {p} “The creature is 4.06.031 {p} “Your guide!” said 4.06.032 {p} “Let me go 4.06.033 {p} “Go then and 4.06.034 {p} Anborn grunted and 4.06.035 {p} “Go on!” he 4.06.036 {p} Frodo crept forward, 4.06.037 {p} “Fissh, nice fissh. 4.06.038 {p} So it went 4.06.039 {p} “Sméagol!” he said 4.06.040 {p} “Fissh, nice fissh,” 4.06.041 {p} “Sméagol!” he said, 4.06.042 {p} “Sméagol, Master has 4.06.043 {p} “Come, Sméagol!” said 4.06.044 {p} “No!” said the 4.06.045 {p} “There’s no time,” 4.06.046 {p} “No! Must finish 4.06.047 {p} “Sméagol!” said Frodo 4.06.048 {p} There was a 4.06.049 {p} “Nice Master!” he 4.06.050 {p} “Yes, we’ll go 4.06.051 {p} “We must trust 4.06.052 {p} “Away up there,” 4.06.053 {p} Gollum crawled along 4.06.054 {p} At that moment 4.06.055 {p} “Hold still!” said 4.06.056 {p} Gollum went limp, 4.06.057 {p} “Easy, easy!” said 4.06.058 {p} Gollum turned and 4.06.059 {p} Frodo followed them, 4.06.060 {p} “Yes. Well no, 4.06.061 {p} “So do I,” 4.06.062 {p} A man came 4.06.063 {p} The wine was 4.06.064 {p} “Loose us! Loose 4.06.065 {p} “Nothing?” said Faramir, 4.06.066 {p} Gollum dropped the 4.06.067 {p} “The price is 4.06.068 {p} “We are lost, 4.06.069 {p} “Not very wise,” 4.06.070 {p} “Now, Sméagol!” said 4.06.071 {p} “Come hither!” said 4.06.072 {p} Slowly Gollum raised 4.06.073 {p} “There are locked 4.06.074 {p} “Master knows,” said 4.06.075 {p} “Are you satisfied?” 4.06.076 {p} “Yes,” said Frodo. 4.06.077 {ps} Faramir sat for 4.06.078 {p} “But, Lord Faramir,” 4.06.079 {p} “Then I will 4.06.080 {p} Frodo bowed low. 4.06.081 {p} “It is of 4.06.082 {p} “I do take 4.06.083 {p} “Then I say 4.06.084 {p} “This I will 4.06.085 {p} “I will answer 4.06.086 {p} “There is no 4.06.087 {p} “Seeing this, we 4.06.088 {p} “Minas Morgul,” said 4.06.089 {p} “I do not 4.06.090 {p} “Do you know 4.06.091 {p} “No,” said Frodo. 4.06.092 {p} “It is called 4.06.093 {p} “No!” said Gollum, 4.06.094 {p} “No other way?” 4.06.095 {p} Anborn went out 4.06.096 {ps} “Frodo, I think 4.06.097 {p} “No, not altogether 4.06.098 {p} “Not wholly, perhaps,” 4.06.099 {p} “He would not 4.06.100 {p} “No,” said Faramir. 4.06.101 {p} “Where then shall 4.06.102 {p} “Nothing certain,” said 4.06.103 {p} “The valley of 4.06.104 {p} “But where else 4.06.105 {p} “I would not 4.06.106 {p} “Then what would 4.06.107 {p} “I know not. 4.06.108 {p} “Yet since he 4.06.109 {p} “It is a 4.06.110 {p} “Well, so we 4.06.111 {p} “I would gladly 4.06.112 {p} He rose and Chapter 4.07: Journey to the Cross-roads 4.07.001 {p} Frodo and Sam 4.07.002 {p} When they had 4.07.003 {p} The hobbits’ packs 4.07.004 {p} “I have no 4.07.005 {p} The hobbits bowed 4.07.006 {ps} Now they made 4.07.007 {p} “Your guide must 4.07.008 {p} Gollum squealed, and 4.07.009 {p} They stood under 4.07.010 {p} “Here is the 4.07.011 {p} He embraced the 4.07.012 {p} They bowed to 4.07.013 {ps} Frodo sighed and 4.07.014 {p} “Have they gone 4.07.015 {p} “Yes, let us 4.07.016 {p} “Nice Master!” said 4.07.017 {p} Frodo and Sam 4.07.018 {p} Twice that day 4.07.019 {p} The sun rose 4.07.020 {p} Darkness came early 4.07.021 {p} “Must get up, 4.07.022 {ps} That day passed 4.07.023 {p} As the third 4.07.024 {p} Light was fading 4.07.025 {p} He turned to 4.07.026 {p} “Yes, Master. Dangerous 4.07.027 {p} Frodo looked down 4.07.028 {p} “What shall we 4.07.029 {p} “No good hiding 4.07.030 {p} “Oh come!” said 4.07.031 {p} Gollum reluctantly agreed 4.07.032 {ps} It must have 4.07.033 {p} “Are we rested? 4.07.034 {p} “We aren’t, and 4.07.035 {p} Gollum dropped at 4.07.036 {p} As soon as 4.07.037 {p} At last Gollum 4.07.038 {p} He quickened his 4.07.039 {p} On the further 4.07.040 {p} But no day 4.07.041 {p} “Which way do 4.07.042 {p} “Need we think 4.07.043 {p} “Perhaps not, perhaps 4.07.044 {ps} The red glare 4.07.045 {p} “Off hunting, I 4.07.046 {p} “A job of 4.07.047 {p} “Silly!” he said 4.07.048 {p} “Haven’t you had 4.07.049 {p} “No it isn’t,” 4.07.050 {p} “I wonder what’s 4.07.051 {p} “I don’t know,” 4.07.052 {p} Sam looked round. 4.07.053 {p} “No,” said Frodo. 4.07.054 {p} “Well, I can’t 4.07.055 {p} “You forget the 4.07.056 {p} “And I hope 4.07.057 {p} At that moment 4.07.058 {p} “Maybe,” said Sam; 4.07.059 {ps} The afternoon, as 4.07.060 {p} “Wake up, wake 4.07.061 {p} Sam stared at 4.07.062 {p} “Silly!” hissed Gollum. 4.07.063 {p} “They mustn’t be 4.07.064 {p} Very stealthily Gollum 4.07.065 {ps} For about an 4.07.066 {p} “The Cross-roads, yes,” 4.07.067 {p} “This is the 4.07.068 {p} As furtively as 4.07.069 {p} Standing there for 4.07.070 {p} Suddenly, caught by 4.07.071 {p} The eyes were 4.07.072 {p} “They cannot conquer Chapter 4.08: The Stairs of Cirith Ungol 4.08.001 {p} Gollum was tugging 4.08.002 {p} Reluctantly Frodo turned 4.08.003 {p} Frodo and Sam 4.08.004 {p} A long-tilted valley, 4.08.005 {p} So they came 4.08.006 {p} “Not that way! 4.08.007 {p} “Hold up, Mr. 4.08.008 {p} Frodo passed his 4.08.009 {p} Gollum, crawling on 4.08.010 {p} Along this path 4.08.011 {p} Frodo stopped and 4.08.012 {p} “I must rest 4.08.013 {p} “Sssh! ssh!” hissed 4.08.014 {p} “Not yet,” he 4.08.015 {p} At this Gollum’s 4.08.016 {p} “Come, Mr. Frodo,” 4.08.017 {p} “All right,” said 4.08.018 {ps} But it was 4.08.019 {p} And Minas Morgul 4.08.020 {p} As the terrible 4.08.021 {p} All that host 4.08.022 {p} Even as these 4.08.023 {p} At that moment 4.08.024 {p} Soon he had 4.08.025 {ps} Frodo stirred. And 4.08.026 {p} Then at a 4.08.027 {p} There was a 4.08.028 {p} “Wake up, Mr. 4.08.029 {p} Frodo raised his 4.08.030 {p} Gollum, it seemed, 4.08.031 {p} They did not 4.08.032 {p} “Careful!” he whispered. 4.08.033 {p} Care was certainly 4.08.034 {p} At length, just 4.08.035 {ps} Dizzy and very 4.08.036 {p} “There’s another stair 4.08.037 {p} Sam groaned. “Longer, 4.08.038 {p} “Yes, yess, longer,” 4.08.039 {p} “And what after 4.08.040 {p} “We shall see,” 4.08.041 {p} “I thought you 4.08.042 {p} “O yes, there’s 4.08.043 {p} Frodo shivered. The 4.08.044 {ps} The passage seemed 4.08.045 {p} Gollum led the 4.08.046 {p} At length they 4.08.047 {ps} Still on and 4.08.048 {p} He paused and 4.08.049 {p} “I don’t like 4.08.050 {p} “All ways are 4.08.051 {p} “Perhaps,” grunted Sam. 4.08.052 {p} “Yes, we must 4.08.053 {ps} In a dark 4.08.054 {p} “I wonder when 4.08.055 {p} “Yes, they drink,” 4.08.056 {p} “Then all the 4.08.057 {p} “No water flowing 4.08.058 {p} “I wouldn’t trust 4.08.059 {p} “I don’t like 4.08.060 {p} “Yes, that’s so,” 4.08.061 {p} “I wonder,” said 4.08.062 {p} “No, sir, of 4.08.063 {p} “No, they never 4.08.064 {p} “And then we 4.08.065 {p} “It’s saying a 4.08.066 {p} “Now, Mr. Frodo,” 4.08.067 {p} “So was I,” 4.08.068 {p} “Maybe,” said Sam, 4.08.069 {p} “Gollum!” he called. 4.08.070 {p} There was no 4.08.071 {p} “I don’t like 4.08.072 {p} “It’s no good 4.08.073 {p} “All the same, 4.08.074 {p} “No, I don’t 4.08.075 {p} “Well, I suppose 4.08.076 {p} “Very likely he 4.08.077 {p} “Yes, Slinker and 4.08.078 {p} “We haven’t got 4.08.079 {p} “No, but we’d 4.08.080 {p} “Sleep!” said Frodo 4.08.081 {p} “Sleep then, master! 4.08.082 {ps} And so Gollum 4.08.083 {p} Gollum looked at 4.08.084 {p} But at that 4.08.085 {p} “Hey you!” he 4.08.086 {p} “Nothing, nothing,” said 4.08.087 {p} “I daresay,” said 4.08.088 {p} Gollum withdrew himself, 4.08.089 {p} Sam felt a 4.08.090 {p} “Sneaking,” said Gollum, 4.08.091 {p} “O very well,” 4.08.092 {p} “It’s tomorrow,” said 4.08.093 {p} “I think we 4.08.094 {p} “Wake up, Mr. 4.08.095 {p} Frodo stirred and 4.08.096 {p} “Yes it’s always 4.08.097 {p} Frodo drew a 4.08.098 {p} “No food, no 4.08.099 {p} Sam clicked his 4.08.100 {p} “Don’t take names 4.08.101 {p} “Sméagol has to 4.08.102 {p} Frodo looked at 4.08.103 {p} “Come, let it 4.08.104 {p} “No, no, not Chapter 4.09: Shelob’s Lair 4.09.001 {p} It may indeed 4.09.002 {p} “Ugh! That smell!” 4.09.003 {p} Presently they were 4.09.004 {p} “Is this the 4.09.005 {p} “Yes, yes,” he 4.09.006 {p} “D’you mean to 4.09.007 {p} Gollum’s eyes glinted. 4.09.008 {p} “And what makes 4.09.009 {p} “Well,” said Frodo, 4.09.010 {ps} Drawing a deep 4.09.011 {p} But for a 4.09.012 {p} Gollum had gone 4.09.013 {p} Before they had 4.09.014 {p} “There’s more than 4.09.015 {p} After that, first 4.09.016 {p} At length Frodo, 4.09.017 {p} Fighting off both 4.09.018 {p} Calling up his 4.09.019 {p} But almost at 4.09.020 {p} “Which way has 4.09.021 {p} “Sméagol!” said Frodo, 4.09.022 {p} “He’s really gone 4.09.023 {p} Presently, groping and 4.09.024 {p} “And quick!” Sam 4.09.025 {p} They had not 4.09.026 {p} “It’s a trap!” 4.09.027 {p} The bubbling hiss 4.09.028 {p} “The star-glass?” muttered 4.09.029 {ps} Slowly his hand 4.09.030 {p} Frodo gazed in 4.09.031 {p} But other potencies 4.09.032 {ps} Frodo and Sam, 4.09.033 {p} “Stand! stand!” he 4.09.034 {p} Slowly the eyes 4.09.035 {p} “Galadriel!” he called, 4.09.036 {p} They wavered. Doubt 4.09.037 {ps} “Master, master!” cried 4.09.038 {p} And so back 4.09.039 {p} Holding aloft the 4.09.040 {p} Sam laughed grimly. 4.09.041 {p} In a fury 4.09.042 {p} “It will take 4.09.043 {p} “No, not to 4.09.044 {p} “Trapped in the 4.09.045 {p} “That would not 4.09.046 {ps} Then Frodo stepped 4.09.047 {p} Stroke after stroke 4.09.048 {p} “Come!” cried Frodo. 4.09.049 {p} It seemed light 4.09.050 {p} “The pass, Sam!” 4.09.051 {p} Sam came up 4.09.052 {ps} There agelong she 4.09.053 {p} Already, years before, 4.09.054 {p} But that desire 4.09.055 {p} “We’ll see, we’ll 4.09.056 {p} So he thought 4.09.057 {p} And as for 4.09.058 {p} So they both 4.09.059 {ps} But nothing of 4.09.060 {p} Dread was round 4.09.061 {p} “Orcs!” he muttered. 4.09.062 {ps} Hardly had Sam 4.09.063 {p} As soon as 4.09.064 {p} Sam gasped and 4.09.065 {p} A long clammy 4.09.066 {p} “Got him!” hissed 4.09.067 {p} Fury at the 4.09.068 {p} Then Sam played 4.09.069 {p} Not expecting even 4.09.070 {p} With a squeal 4.09.071 {p} Sword in hand Chapter 4.10: The Choices of Master Samwise 4.10.001 {p} Frodo was lying 4.10.002 {p} On the near 4.10.003 {p} Disturbed as if 4.10.004 {p} Now the miserable 4.10.005 {p} But Shelob was 4.10.006 {p} No such anguish 4.10.007 {p} Sam had fallen 4.10.008 {p} Even as Sam 4.10.009 {p} “Galadriel!” he said 4.10.010 {lg} Gilthoniel A Elbereth! 4.10.011 {p} And then his 4.10.012 {lg} A Elbereth Gilthoniel 4.10.013 {p} And with that 4.10.014 {p} “Now come, you 4.10.015 {p} As if his 4.10.016 {p} Sam came on. 4.10.017 {ps} Shelob was gone; 4.10.018 {p} Sam was left 4.10.019 {p} “Master, dear master,” 4.10.020 {p} “Master, dear master!” 4.10.021 {p} Then as quickly 4.10.022 {p} “Frodo, Mr. Frodo!” 4.10.023 {ps} Then anger surged 4.10.024 {p} And then black 4.10.025 {ps} When at last 4.10.026 {p} “What shall I 4.10.027 {p} “But what can 4.10.028 {p} Then at last 4.10.029 {p} “If I’m to 4.10.030 {ps} But he could 4.10.031 {p} Now he tried 4.10.032 {p} He looked on 4.10.033 {p} “What? Me, alone, 4.10.034 {p} But the answer 4.10.035 {p} “I wish I 4.10.036 {p} “But you haven’t 4.10.037 {p} “Ah well, I 4.10.038 {p} “Let me see 4.10.039 {ps} He stooped. Very 4.10.040 {p} “Good-bye, master, my 4.10.041 {p} And then he 4.10.042 {ps} He had not 4.10.043 {p} “I’ve made up 4.10.044 {p} As the sheer 4.10.045 {p} “If only I 4.10.046 {ps} Only a few 4.10.047 {p} Now the flicker 4.10.048 {ps} The world changed, 4.10.049 {p} He heard the 4.10.050 {p} He listened. The 4.10.051 {ps} “Hola! Gorbag! What 4.10.052 {p} “Orders, you lubber. 4.10.053 {p} “Orders to you. 4.10.054 {p} “Nothing.” 4.10.055 {p} “Hai! hai! yoi!” 4.10.056 {p} “Hai! Hola! Here’s 4.10.057 {ps} With a dreadful 4.10.058 {p} “How many are 4.10.059 {ps} But the Orcs 4.10.060 {p} There they were 4.10.061 {p} “Come on, Sam!” 4.10.062 {p} There was a 4.10.063 {p} Then a voice 4.10.064 {ps} They had taken 4.10.065 {p} For a moment 4.10.066 {ps} It no longer 4.10.067 {ps} “Can’t you stop 4.10.068 {p} “Go on, Gorbag! 4.10.069 {p} “Lugbúrz wants it, 4.10.070 {p} “Don’t know till 4.10.071 {p} “Oho! So they 4.10.072 {p} “Sh, Gorbag!” Shagrat’s 4.10.073 {p} “Nearly, you say!” 4.10.074 {p} “All right,” said 4.10.075 {p} Shortly afterwards Sam 4.10.076 {p} There seemed to 4.10.077 {p} “No, I don’t 4.10.078 {p} “You should try 4.10.079 {p} “I’d like to 4.10.080 {p} “It’s going well, 4.10.081 {p} “They would,” grunted 4.10.082 {p} “Ah!” said Shagrat. 4.10.083 {p} “Yes,” said Gorbag. 4.10.084 {p} “About an hour 4.10.085 {p} “Bad business,” said 4.10.086 {p} “The Eye was 4.10.087 {p} “I daresay,” growled 4.10.088 {p} “That’s enough! Don’t 4.10.089 {p} “Very funny!” 4.10.090 {p} “Yes, very funny: 4.10.091 {p} “Her Sneak? What’s 4.10.092 {p} “You must have 4.10.093 {p} “Nothing, say you! 4.10.094 {p} “Ah well, but 4.10.095 {p} “Got him? Got 4.10.096 {p} At this point 4.10.097 {p} “Who cut the 4.10.098 {p} Shagrat made no 4.10.099 {p} “You may well 4.10.100 {p} “And what is 4.10.101 {p} “By all the 4.10.102 {p} “Ah well, you 4.10.103 {p} “It’s my guess 4.10.104 {p} “We’ll see. Come 4.10.105 {p} “What are you 4.10.106 {p} “Now, now,” growled 4.10.107 {p} “Stripped, eh?” said 4.10.108 {p} “No, none of 4.10.109 {p} “You’ll find that 4.10.110 {p} “You fool,” snarled 4.10.111 {ps} Sam reeled, clutching 4.10.112 {ps} “Garn!” said Shagrat. 4.10.113 {p} “And what’s going 4.10.114 {p} “There’s going to 4.10.115 {p} “All right! But 4.10.116 {ps} The voices began 4.10.117 {p} He drew his 4.10.118 {p} The news that 4.10.119 {ps} “That’s what I’m 4.10.120 {p} “What for?” growled 4.10.121 {p} “He’s going out 4.10.122 {p} “Will he?” said 4.10.123 {p} The two orc-figures 4.10.124 {p} Sam heard a 4.10.125 {p} Sam yelled and 4.10.126 {p} The great doors Chapter 5.01: Minas Tirith 5.01.001 {p} Pippin looked out 5.01.002 {p} There had been 5.01.003 {p} A light kindled 5.01.004 {p} “Where are we, 5.01.005 {p} “In the realm 5.01.006 {p} There was a 5.01.007 {p} For answer Gandalf 5.01.008 {p} But Shadowfax paused 5.01.009 {p} Pippin became drowsy 5.01.010 {p} “Sleep again, and 5.01.011 {p} “You do not 5.01.012 {ps} Pippin woke to 5.01.013 {p} “Yea truly, we 5.01.014 {p} “I will vouch 5.01.015 {p} “Man?” said Ingold 5.01.016 {p} “Man!” cried Pippin, 5.01.017 {p} “Many a doer 5.01.018 {p} “A Halfling,” answered 5.01.019 {p} “Yes, and one 5.01.020 {p} “Peace!” said Gandalf. 5.01.021 {p} “It has been 5.01.022 {p} “Hobbit,” said Pippin. 5.01.023 {p} “Fare you well!” 5.01.024 {p} “Because I come 5.01.025 {p} “The work will 5.01.026 {p} “Yes, they will 5.01.027 {ps} Gandalf passed now 5.01.028 {p} The townlands were 5.01.029 {p} Now after Gandalf 5.01.030 {p} Even as Pippin 5.01.031 {ps} So Gandalf and 5.01.032 {p} “Mithrandir! Mithrandir!” men 5.01.033 {p} “It is upon 5.01.034 {p} Then men fell 5.01.035 {ps} For the fashion 5.01.036 {p} A strong citadel 5.01.037 {ps} Pippin gazed in 5.01.038 {p} At last they 5.01.039 {p} The Guards of 5.01.040 {ps} Already it seemed 5.01.041 {p} Pippin glanced at 5.01.042 {p} Seven stars and 5.01.043 {p} The words that 5.01.044 {p} They walked down 5.01.045 {p} “Why not? What 5.01.046 {p} “Maybe, maybe,” said 5.01.047 {p} Gandalf halted before 5.01.048 {p} “Kingship?” said Pippin 5.01.049 {p} “Yes,” said Gandalf. 5.01.050 {ps} The door opened, 5.01.051 {p} Suddenly Pippin was 5.01.052 {p} “Hail, Lord and 5.01.053 {p} Then the old 5.01.054 {p} “It is,” said 5.01.055 {p} “Yet a Halfling 5.01.056 {p} “He would have 5.01.057 {p} “I have received 5.01.058 {p} “That is the 5.01.059 {p} “Verily,” said Denethor. 5.01.060 {p} “Thirteen, thirteen days,” 5.01.061 {p} “So,” said Denethor, 5.01.062 {p} Pippin flushed and 5.01.063 {p} Then Pippin looked 5.01.064 {p} A pale smile, 5.01.065 {p} Pippin lifted it 5.01.066 {p} “It came out 5.01.067 {p} “I see that 5.01.068 {p} “Take the hilt,” 5.01.069 {p} The old man 5.01.070 {p} “Here do I 5.01.071 {p} “And this do 5.01.072 {p} “And now,” said 5.01.073 {p} “Bring wine and 5.01.074 {p} “It is all 5.01.075 {p} “And earlier, it 5.01.076 {p} “It is much 5.01.077 {p} Denethor looked indeed 5.01.078 {p} “Yea,” he said; 5.01.079 {ps} Then men came 5.01.080 {p} “Now tell me 5.01.081 {p} Pippin never forgot 5.01.082 {p} “Lead the Lord 5.01.083 {p} “And you, my 5.01.084 {p} “Folly?” said Gandalf. 5.01.085 {p} “If you understand 5.01.086 {p} “Unless the king 5.01.087 {p} Gandalf did not 5.01.088 {p} “Are you angry 5.01.089 {p} “You did indeed!” 5.01.090 {p} “Indeed you did 5.01.091 {p} “He is not 5.01.092 {p} “Remember that! For 5.01.093 {p} He fell silent 5.01.094 {p} Gandalf went to 5.01.095 {ps} With that Gandalf 5.01.096 {p} After a minute 5.01.097 {p} “Nine o’clock we’d 5.01.098 {p} Presently he noticed 5.01.099 {p} “You are Peregrin 5.01.100 {p} “I am named 5.01.101 {p} “Well,” said Pippin. 5.01.102 {p} “Aragorn?” said Beregond. 5.01.103 {p} “Oh,” stammered Pippin, 5.01.104 {p} “You have been 5.01.105 {p} “Er well,” said 5.01.106 {p} Beregond looked at 5.01.107 {p} “Well, yes, to 5.01.108 {p} Beregond laughed. “At 5.01.109 {p} “Come! We will 5.01.110 {p} “One moment!” said 5.01.111 {p} “Hobbit?” said Beregond. 5.01.112 {p} “That is what 5.01.113 {p} “I am glad 5.01.114 {ps} Pippin found that 5.01.115 {p} Shadowfax whinnied as 5.01.116 {p} Shadowfax tossed his 5.01.117 {p} “He looks as 5.01.118 {p} “None is rich 5.01.119 {p} Shadowfax lifted up 5.01.120 {p} “And now for 5.01.121 {p} “This is the 5.01.122 {p} They got there 5.01.123 {p} They ate and 5.01.124 {p} “I will not 5.01.125 {p} “I do,” said 5.01.126 {ps} The sun was 5.01.127 {p} Pippin could see 5.01.128 {p} “That is the 5.01.129 {p} They fell silent 5.01.130 {p} “It was a 5.01.131 {p} “The Black Riders?” 5.01.132 {p} “Yes, they were 5.01.133 {p} “I know of 5.01.134 {p} “So near to 5.01.135 {p} “When?” said Pippin. 5.01.136 {p} “Only because everything 5.01.137 {p} “But why were 5.01.138 {p} “It is over-late 5.01.139 {p} “But if you 5.01.140 {p} “And yet” – 5.01.141 {p} “Yet, Master Peregrin, 5.01.142 {p} Pippin did not 5.01.143 {p} “What was that?” 5.01.144 {p} “Yes,” muttered Pippin. 5.01.145 {p} “Yes, the shadow 5.01.146 {ps} For a time 5.01.147 {p} “Rightly said!” cried 5.01.148 {p} “All the same, 5.01.149 {p} “Ah, there you 5.01.150 {p} Pippin looked at 5.01.151 {ps} So they talked 5.01.152 {p} “Will you come 5.01.153 {p} “I shall be 5.01.154 {p} “Nay, nay,” Beregond 5.01.155 {p} “Then it is 5.01.156 {ps} Gandalf was not 5.01.157 {p} Though Pippin had 5.01.158 {ps} At length Beregond 5.01.159 {p} He went out, 5.01.160 {p} People stared much 5.01.161 {p} He came at 5.01.162 {p} “Greetings!” said the 5.01.163 {p} “I was,” said 5.01.164 {p} “Oh come!” said 5.01.165 {p} “Which question shall 5.01.166 {p} “Twenty-nine!” said the 5.01.167 {p} “Maybe you could, 5.01.168 {p} “No!” Pippin laughed. 5.01.169 {p} The boy drew 5.01.170 {p} “So I thought,” 5.01.171 {p} “Then why did 5.01.172 {p} “His message is 5.01.173 {p} Bergil clapped his 5.01.174 {p} “What is happening 5.01.175 {p} “The Captains of 5.01.176 {ps} Bergil proved a 5.01.177 {p} “That is good!” 5.01.178 {p} Beyond the Gate 5.01.179 {p} Pippin and Bergil 5.01.180 {p} “Forlong! Forlong!” Pippin 5.01.181 {p} “Forlong has come,” 5.01.182 {p} Leading the line 5.01.183 {p} “Forlong!” men shouted. 5.01.184 {ps} And so the 5.01.185 {p} And that was 5.01.186 {p} Pippin looked up, 5.01.187 {p} “So it will, 5.01.188 {ps} Hand in hand 5.01.189 {p} “Farewell for this 5.01.190 {p} They parted and 5.01.191 {p} “Can you find 5.01.192 {p} The lodging was 5.01.193 {p} In the night 5.01.194 {p} “Hullo!” said Pippin, 5.01.195 {p} “But the night Chapter 5.02: The Passing of the Grey Company 5.02.001 {p} Gandalf was gone, 5.02.002 {p} “So four of 5.02.003 {p} “And then whither?” 5.02.004 {p} “I cannot say 5.02.005 {p} “I for one!” 5.02.006 {p} “Well, for myself,” 5.02.007 {p} “Don’t leave me 5.02.008 {p} “Yes,” said Aragorn, 5.02.009 {ps} Soon all were 5.02.010 {p} “My lord,” he 5.02.011 {p} Théoden at once 5.02.012 {p} The sinking moon 5.02.013 {p} When they were 5.02.014 {p} The pursuers brought 5.02.015 {p} “Rohan? Rohan did 5.02.016 {p} “You have found 5.02.017 {p} “Halbarad Dúnadan, Ranger 5.02.018 {p} “And you have 5.02.019 {p} Merry breathed a 5.02.020 {p} “All is well,” 5.02.021 {p} “I have thirty 5.02.022 {p} “But I did 5.02.023 {p} Théoden was indeed 5.02.024 {ps} Then the Riders 5.02.025 {p} “I bring word 5.02.026 {p} “Always my days 5.02.027 {p} “That will soon 5.02.028 {p} And Aragorn said 5.02.029 {p} “It is a 5.02.030 {p} And Aragorn said: 5.02.031 {ps} The night was 5.02.032 {p} Merry slept until 5.02.033 {p} “There was a 5.02.034 {p} “Nay! There is 5.02.035 {p} Merry got up 5.02.036 {p} “In a high 5.02.037 {p} “They are a 5.02.038 {p} “But even as 5.02.039 {p} “Why have they 5.02.040 {p} “They answered a 5.02.041 {p} “Nay, Galadriel,” said 5.02.042 {p} “Yes, you have 5.02.043 {p} Legolas stood before 5.02.044 {ps} For a while 5.02.045 {p} The king was 5.02.046 {p} “May I?” said 5.02.047 {p} “I doubt it 5.02.048 {p} “There are no 5.02.049 {p} “I have a 5.02.050 {p} “Gladly will I 5.02.051 {p} “As a father 5.02.052 {p} “For a little 5.02.053 {ps} They talked then 5.02.054 {p} “We will make 5.02.055 {p} The king with 5.02.056 {p} A little apart 5.02.057 {p} The king mounted 5.02.058 {p} “I am troubled 5.02.059 {p} “It is now 5.02.060 {p} Aragorn was silent 5.02.061 {p} “The Paths of 5.02.062 {p} “Alas! Aragorn my 5.02.063 {p} “That road I 5.02.064 {p} “You will do 5.02.065 {p} “Farewell, lord!” said 5.02.066 {p} “Good-bye!” said Merry. 5.02.067 {p} Now Théoden spoke 5.02.068 {p} “There go three 5.02.069 {p} “A little people, 5.02.070 {p} “And now our 5.02.071 {p} Together they went 5.02.072 {p} “A struggle somewhat 5.02.073 {p} “You have looked 5.02.074 {p} “You forget to 5.02.075 {p} He drew a 5.02.076 {p} “But he wields 5.02.077 {p} “The hasty stroke 5.02.078 {p} “Then lost it 5.02.079 {p} “I have no 5.02.080 {p} “The Paths of 5.02.081 {p} “The living have 5.02.082 {p} “And what may 5.02.083 {p} “Thus spoke Malbeth 5.02.084 {lg} Over the land 5.02.085 {p} “Dark ways, doubtless,” 5.02.086 {p} “If you would 5.02.087 {p} “I will go 5.02.088 {p} “I also will 5.02.089 {p} “I hope that 5.02.090 {p} “That we shall 5.02.091 {p} “Then Isildur said 5.02.092 {p} He stood up. 5.02.093 {p} Legolas and Gimli 5.02.094 {ps} And while Théoden 5.02.095 {p} The Lady Éowyn 5.02.096 {p} But at last 5.02.097 {p} But Aragorn said: 5.02.098 {p} She smiled on 5.02.099 {p} “Indeed no man 5.02.100 {p} And she answered 5.02.101 {p} “Nay, lady,” said 5.02.102 {p} Then she stared 5.02.103 {p} “They may suffer 5.02.104 {p} “But this is 5.02.105 {p} “It is not 5.02.106 {p} Then they said 5.02.107 {p} But as Aragorn 5.02.108 {p} “Aragorn,” she said, 5.02.109 {p} “Because I must,” 5.02.110 {p} For a while 5.02.111 {p} “Your duty is 5.02.112 {p} “Too often have 5.02.113 {p} “Few may do 5.02.114 {p} “Shall I always 5.02.115 {p} “A time may 5.02.116 {p} And she answered: 5.02.117 {p} “What do you 5.02.118 {p} “A cage,” she 5.02.119 {p} “And yet you 5.02.120 {p} “So may one 5.02.121 {p} “Nor would I,” 5.02.122 {p} “Neither have those 5.02.123 {ps} When the light 5.02.124 {p} Then it seemed 5.02.125 {p} “I will,” he 5.02.126 {p} “Then wilt thou 5.02.127 {p} “I will not, 5.02.128 {p} Then she fell 5.02.129 {p} “Nay, lady,” he 5.02.130 {p} But Éowyn stood 5.02.131 {p} And some said: 5.02.132 {ps} The light was 5.02.133 {p} “My blood runs 5.02.134 {p} The Company halted, 5.02.135 {p} “This is an 5.02.136 {p} “But we must 5.02.137 {p} Then Aragorn led 5.02.138 {p} His knees shook, 5.02.139 {ps} Aragorn had brought 5.02.140 {p} Nothing assailed the 5.02.141 {p} So time unreckoned 5.02.142 {p} “Does he feel 5.02.143 {p} Nonetheless he drew 5.02.144 {p} Aragorn did not 5.02.145 {p} “For that is 5.02.146 {ps} There was no 5.02.147 {p} Suddenly he heard 5.02.148 {ps} The Company now 5.02.149 {p} “The Dead are 5.02.150 {p} “Yes, the Dead 5.02.151 {p} The Company came 5.02.152 {p} “Where in Middle-earth 5.02.153 {p} The Morthond Vale 5.02.154 {p} Then without turning 5.02.155 {p} Lights went out 5.02.156 {p} Bells were ringing 5.02.157 {ps} Long had the 5.02.158 {p} To that Stone 5.02.159 {p} “Oathbreakers, why have 5.02.160 {p} And a voice 5.02.161 {p} “To fulfil our 5.02.162 {p} Then Aragorn said: 5.02.163 {p} And with that 5.02.164 {p} But when the 5.02.165 {p} They passed Tarlang’s Chapter 5.03: The Muster of Rohan 5.03.001 {p} Now all roads 5.03.002 {p} Day was waning. 5.03.003 {p} All day far 5.03.004 {p} Merry looked out 5.03.005 {p} He was very 5.03.006 {p} All the same 5.03.007 {ps} “Harrowdale at last!” 5.03.008 {p} “This journey is 5.03.009 {p} “But if you 5.03.010 {p} Théoden smiled. “Nay, 5.03.011 {ps} In the deepening 5.03.012 {p} Then one blew 5.03.013 {p} And suddenly there 5.03.014 {p} So the King 5.03.015 {p} “At dawn three 5.03.016 {p} “The winged Shadow?” 5.03.017 {p} “Maybe, lord,” said 5.03.018 {p} “It is well,” 5.03.019 {ps} The road now 5.03.020 {p} On all the 5.03.021 {p} Merry wondered how 5.03.022 {p} After a while 5.03.023 {p} At last the 5.03.024 {p} Such was the 5.03.025 {p} Merry stared at 5.03.026 {p} As they drew 5.03.027 {p} “Hail, Lord of 5.03.028 {p} “And you, Éowyn,” 5.03.029 {p} “All is well,” 5.03.030 {p} “So Aragorn has 5.03.031 {p} “No, he is 5.03.032 {p} “Whither did he 5.03.033 {p} “I do not 5.03.034 {p} “You are grieved, 5.03.035 {p} “Yes, lord,” said 5.03.036 {p} “Then our paths 5.03.037 {ps} Slowly they passed 5.03.038 {p} “The Paths of 5.03.039 {p} In the midst 5.03.040 {ps} In the inner 5.03.041 {p} “Come, Master Meriadoc!” 5.03.042 {p} Room was made 5.03.043 {p} “Twice now, lord, 5.03.044 {p} The king sighed, 5.03.045 {p} “No man knows,” 5.03.046 {p} “Folk say that 5.03.047 {p} “Yet it is 5.03.048 {p} “Then why has 5.03.049 {p} “Unless he has 5.03.050 {p} “Greatly changed he 5.03.051 {p} “Maybe he was 5.03.052 {p} “Then they halted 5.03.053 {p} “And when will 5.03.054 {p} “But how shall 5.03.055 {p} He paused, for 5.03.056 {ps} Presently the captain 5.03.057 {p} “Let him come!” 5.03.058 {p} A tall man 5.03.059 {p} He sank on 5.03.060 {p} “The Red Arrow!” 5.03.061 {p} “That is best 5.03.062 {p} “But he knows 5.03.063 {p} “What the Lord 5.03.064 {p} “Dark tidings,” said 5.03.065 {p} “But we will 5.03.066 {p} “A week!” said 5.03.067 {p} “At the least 5.03.068 {ps} With that the 5.03.069 {p} “I will be 5.03.070 {p} “Speak not words 5.03.071 {ps} “I won’t be 5.03.072 {p} He was wakened 5.03.073 {p} “What is the 5.03.074 {p} “The king calls 5.03.075 {p} “But the Sun 5.03.076 {p} “No, and will 5.03.077 {p} Flinging on some 5.03.078 {p} Merry saw many 5.03.079 {p} “It comes from 5.03.080 {ps} For a while 5.03.081 {p} “We have very 5.03.082 {p} “Then call the 5.03.083 {p} Éomer went out, 5.03.084 {ps} The king turned 5.03.085 {p} “But, but, lord,” 5.03.086 {p} “But we ride 5.03.087 {p} “Then tie me 5.03.088 {p} Théoden smiled. “Rather 5.03.089 {p} Then Éowyn rose 5.03.090 {p} Now she led 5.03.091 {p} “No mail have 5.03.092 {p} Merry bowed, and 5.03.093 {ps} So it was 5.03.094 {p} Two swift hours 5.03.095 {p} There on the 5.03.096 {p} On down the 5.03.097 {lg} From dark Dunharrow 5.03.098 {p} It was indeed 5.03.099 {p} “This is no 5.03.100 {p} “As for that, 5.03.101 {p} “I received you 5.03.102 {p} Merry bowed and 5.03.103 {p} “Where will wants 5.03.104 {p} “I do,” said 5.03.105 {p} “Then you shall 5.03.106 {p} “Thank you indeed!” 5.03.107 {p} “Do you not?” 5.03.108 {ps} Thus it came 5.03.109 {p} On into the 5.03.110 {p} “Ride on! Ride 5.03.111 {p} And so King Chapter 5.04: The Siege of Gondor 5.04.001 {p} Pippin was roused 5.04.002 {p} “What is the 5.04.003 {p} “Past the second 5.04.004 {p} “And will he 5.04.005 {p} “No! I have 5.04.006 {p} Pippin looked ruefully 5.04.007 {p} “You know quite 5.04.008 {ps} Before long he 5.04.009 {p} “Well, Master Peregrin, 5.04.010 {p} Pippin had an 5.04.011 {p} “What would you 5.04.012 {p} “I thought, sir, 5.04.013 {p} “I will, when 5.04.014 {p} “Yes,” said Pippin. 5.04.015 {p} “And why should 5.04.016 {p} Pippin’s heart sank. 5.04.017 {p} Presently Denethor waved 5.04.018 {p} It was as 5.04.019 {p} It was dark 5.04.020 {ps} About the eleventh 5.04.021 {p} It was the 5.04.022 {p} Already it seemed 5.04.023 {p} In some other 5.04.024 {p} “You are weary 5.04.025 {p} “Yes,” said Pippin, 5.04.026 {p} “Nay,” said Beregond, 5.04.027 {p} “Yes,” said Pippin, 5.04.028 {ps} Suddenly as they 5.04.029 {p} At last Beregond 5.04.030 {p} Reluctantly Pippin climbed 5.04.031 {p} “Black Riders!” muttered 5.04.032 {p} Another long screech 5.04.033 {p} “Faramir! The Lord 5.04.034 {p} With that Beregond 5.04.035 {p} “Gandalf!” he cried. 5.04.036 {p} But now the 5.04.037 {p} Pippin watched, and 5.04.038 {p} It was not 5.04.039 {p} Pippin pressed forward 5.04.040 {p} “Faramir!” he cried 5.04.041 {p} “Whence come you?” 5.04.042 {p} But with that 5.04.043 {ps} So at length 5.04.044 {p} When Faramir had 5.04.045 {p} Then suddenly Faramir 5.04.046 {p} At that Gandalf 5.04.047 {p} As his story 5.04.048 {p} “Cirith Ungol? Morgul 5.04.049 {p} “I parted with 5.04.050 {p} Gandalf paced the 5.04.051 {p} “Some twenty-five leagues 5.04.052 {p} “Ill?” cried Denethor, 5.04.053 {p} “My son, your 5.04.054 {p} “If what I 5.04.055 {p} “Would that have 5.04.056 {p} “So be it,” 5.04.057 {p} “So be it!” 5.04.058 {p} “Do you wish 5.04.059 {p} “Yes, I wish 5.04.060 {p} For a moment 5.04.061 {p} “Stir not the 5.04.062 {p} “Comfort yourself!” said 5.04.063 {p} The face of 5.04.064 {p} “What then is 5.04.065 {p} “Enough to perceive 5.04.066 {p} “And the Lord 5.04.067 {p} “Neither. But most 5.04.068 {p} “You think, as 5.04.069 {p} “And where will 5.04.070 {p} “Nonetheless I do 5.04.071 {p} For a moment 5.04.072 {p} “If I had! 5.04.073 {p} “It is not 5.04.074 {p} “Not enough, I 5.04.075 {p} “There and elsewhere 5.04.076 {p} “You are weary, 5.04.077 {p} “Let us not 5.04.078 {p} “Then we will 5.04.079 {ps} All now took 5.04.080 {p} “Tell me,” he 5.04.081 {p} Gandalf put his 5.04.082 {p} Gandalf stood for 5.04.083 {p} “But,” said Pippin. 5.04.084 {p} “But what?” said 5.04.085 {p} “Gollum,” said Pippin. 5.04.086 {p} “I cannot answer 5.04.087 {ps} The next day 5.04.088 {p} And now Faramir 5.04.089 {p} In truth Faramir 5.04.090 {p} “Yet,” said Denethor, 5.04.091 {p} “That was but 5.04.092 {p} “And what of 5.04.093 {p} “Much must be 5.04.094 {p} Then all were 5.04.095 {p} “I do so,” 5.04.096 {p} “Then farewell!” said 5.04.097 {p} “That depends on 5.04.098 {p} Gandalf it was 5.04.099 {ps} So now the 5.04.100 {p} “Yes, he will 5.04.101 {ps} It was night 5.04.102 {p} With those ill-boding 5.04.103 {ps} The next day, 5.04.104 {p} “If he wins 5.04.105 {p} “Then I am 5.04.106 {ps} The bells of 5.04.107 {p} “They have taken 5.04.108 {p} “Where is Faramir?” 5.04.109 {p} It was Gandalf 5.04.110 {p} “Is Faramir come?” 5.04.111 {p} “No,” said Gandalf. 5.04.112 {p} “Not – the 5.04.113 {p} Denethor laughed bitterly. 5.04.114 {p} He stood up 5.04.115 {p} “Yet now under 5.04.116 {p} “Then, Mithrandir, you 5.04.117 {p} Pippin trembled, fearing 5.04.118 {p} “Nay, I came 5.04.119 {p} “And we also 5.04.120 {p} “We are likely 5.04.121 {p} “Some have accused 5.04.122 {ps} Time passed. At 5.04.123 {p} “The enemy,” men 5.04.124 {p} It drew now 5.04.125 {p} The watchers held 5.04.126 {ps} Now the main 5.04.127 {p} The retreat became 5.04.128 {p} And then a 5.04.129 {p} “Amroth for Gondor!” 5.04.130 {p} Like thunder they 5.04.131 {p} The Nazgûl screeched 5.04.132 {p} But Denethor did 5.04.133 {p} Last of all 5.04.134 {p} “Faramir! Faramir!” men 5.04.135 {p} The Prince Imrahil 5.04.136 {ps} So now at 5.04.137 {p} “There is no 5.04.138 {ps} The Gate was 5.04.139 {p} Busy as ants 5.04.140 {p} At first men 5.04.141 {p} “Nay,” they said, 5.04.142 {p} But the engines 5.04.143 {p} Soon there was 5.04.144 {p} In vain men 5.04.145 {p} The Nazgûl came 5.04.146 {ps} During all this 5.04.147 {p} No hours so 5.04.148 {p} “Do not weep, 5.04.149 {p} “Comfort me not 5.04.150 {p} “I sent my 5.04.151 {p} Men came to 5.04.152 {ps} So it was 5.04.153 {p} And yet – 5.04.154 {ps} Far behind the 5.04.155 {ps} Messengers came again 5.04.156 {p} “The first circle 5.04.157 {p} “Why? Why do 5.04.158 {p} The messengers without 5.04.159 {p} Now Denethor stood 5.04.160 {p} “Farewell!” he said. 5.04.161 {p} “I will not 5.04.162 {p} “Do as you 5.04.163 {ps} Pippin left him 5.04.164 {p} Out from the 5.04.165 {p} All was silent, 5.04.166 {p} A porter sat 5.04.167 {p} There Pippin, staring 5.04.168 {p} “Here we will 5.04.169 {p} “By your leave, 5.04.170 {p} At the door 5.04.171 {p} “Who is the 5.04.172 {p} “The Grey Wanderer 5.04.173 {p} “Whither do you 5.04.174 {p} “To find Mithrandir,” 5.04.175 {p} “The Lord’s errands 5.04.176 {p} “Yes,” said Pippin, 5.04.177 {p} Beregond bowed his 5.04.178 {p} “No,” said Pippin, 5.04.179 {p} “Then you must 5.04.180 {p} “I know. The 5.04.181 {p} “The Lord does 5.04.182 {p} “Well, you must 5.04.183 {p} He ran on, 5.04.184 {ps} Ever since the 5.04.185 {p} The drums rolled 5.04.186 {p} But about the 5.04.187 {p} Grond crawled on. 5.04.188 {p} Grond crawled on. 5.04.189 {p} The drums rolled 5.04.190 {p} Then the Black 5.04.191 {p} Thrice he cried. 5.04.192 {ps} In rode the 5.04.193 {p} All save one. 5.04.194 {p} “You cannot enter 5.04.195 {p} The Black Rider 5.04.196 {p} “Old fool!” he 5.04.197 {ps} Gandalf did not 5.04.198 {p} And as if Chapter 5.05: The Ride of the Rohirrim 5.05.001 {p} It was dark 5.05.002 {p} He could not 5.05.003 {p} Tired as he 5.05.004 {p} Merry wanted somebody 5.05.005 {p} A tall figure 5.05.006 {p} “I am not 5.05.007 {p} “Anything that can 5.05.008 {p} “Is the enemy 5.05.009 {p} “Nay, nay,” said 5.05.010 {p} Merry did not 5.05.011 {ps} Presently he came 5.05.012 {p} There was a 5.05.013 {p} “No, father of 5.05.014 {p} “But our need 5.05.015 {p} “Bring news,” said 5.05.016 {p} “How do you 5.05.017 {p} The old man’s 5.05.018 {p} “Alas! he speaks 5.05.019 {p} “And yet we 5.05.020 {p} “Let Ghân-buri-Ghân finish!” 5.05.021 {p} Éomer and the 5.05.022 {p} “Dead men are 5.05.023 {p} “So be it!” 5.05.024 {p} “How long will 5.05.025 {p} “Wild Men go 5.05.026 {p} “Then we must 5.05.027 {p} “Who knows?” said 5.05.028 {p} “It is all 5.05.029 {p} “Then we must 5.05.030 {ps} Merry waited to 5.05.031 {p} All went well 5.05.032 {p} The leading company 5.05.033 {p} “No good to 5.05.034 {p} The captains came; 5.05.035 {p} Presently Ghân turned 5.05.036 {p} “Good tidings!” cried 5.05.037 {p} “Once again I 5.05.038 {p} “Kill gorgûn! Kill 5.05.039 {p} “To do these 5.05.040 {p} Ghân-buri-Ghân squatted down 5.05.041 {p} “Wind is changing!” 5.05.042 {p} “We need no 5.05.043 {p} “Then since we 5.05.044 {p} To this the 5.05.045 {p} “Well?” said Éomer. 5.05.046 {p} “This, lord: they 5.05.047 {p} “Alas!” said Théoden. 5.05.048 {p} “Need brooks no 5.05.049 {ps} It was night. 5.05.050 {p} The king rode 5.05.051 {p} “There are great 5.05.052 {p} “Do you remember 5.05.053 {p} “If you speak 5.05.054 {p} “Now is the 5.05.055 {p} Men clashed spear 5.05.056 {p} “Éomer, my son! 5.05.057 {ps} The leading company 5.05.058 {ps} It was no 5.05.059 {p} Merry peered from 5.05.060 {p} Now silently the 5.05.061 {p} After a while 5.05.062 {ps} Then suddenly Merry 5.05.063 {p} But at that 5.05.064 {p} At that sound 5.05.065 {lg} Arise, arise, Riders 5.05.066 {p} With that he 5.05.067 {lg} Ride now, ride 5.05.068 {ps} Suddenly the king Chapter 5.06: The Battle of the Pelennor Fields 5.06.001 {p} But it was 5.06.002 {ps} Théoden King of 5.06.003 {p} Then Théoden was 5.06.004 {ps} But lo! suddenly 5.06.005 {p} “To me! To 5.06.006 {p} The great shadow 5.06.007 {p} Upon it sat 5.06.008 {p} But Théoden was 5.06.009 {p} “King’s man! King’s 5.06.010 {p} Then out of 5.06.011 {p} “Begone, foul dwimmerlaik, 5.06.012 {p} A cold voice 5.06.013 {p} A sword rang 5.06.014 {p} “Hinder me? Thou 5.06.015 {p} Then Merry heard 5.06.016 {p} The winged creature 5.06.017 {p} Éowyn it was, 5.06.018 {p} The face of 5.06.019 {p} Suddenly the great 5.06.020 {p} Still she did 5.06.021 {p} Out of the 5.06.022 {p} But suddenly he 5.06.023 {p} “Éowyn! Éowyn!” cried 5.06.024 {ps} And there stood 5.06.025 {p} Then Merry stooped 5.06.026 {p} “Farewell, Master Holbytla!” 5.06.027 {p} Merry could not 5.06.028 {p} The old king 5.06.029 {p} “Lord, lord,” began 5.06.030 {p} New forces of 5.06.031 {p} For a moment 5.06.032 {p} Then one of 5.06.033 {p} “Hail, King of 5.06.034 {p} But Éomer said 5.06.035 {lg} Mourn not overmuch! 5.06.036 {p} Yet he himself 5.06.037 {p} “Éowyn, Éowyn!” he 5.06.038 {p} Then without taking 5.06.039 {p} And with that 5.06.040 {ps} And still Meriadoc 5.06.041 {p} So passed the 5.06.042 {ps} Men now raised 5.06.043 {lg} Faithful servant yet 5.06.044 {p} Green and long 5.06.045 {p} Now slowly and 5.06.046 {p} “What burden do 5.06.047 {p} “Théoden King,” they 5.06.048 {p} Then the prince 5.06.049 {p} “Nay! One only,” 5.06.050 {p} Then the prince 5.06.051 {p} “Haste now is 5.06.052 {ps} And now the 5.06.053 {p} Not too soon 5.06.054 {p} It was even 5.06.055 {p} For Anduin, from 5.06.056 {p} “The Corsairs of 5.06.057 {p} And some without 5.06.058 {p} The Rohirrim indeed 5.06.059 {p} Stern now was 5.06.060 {lg} Out of doubt, 5.06.061 {p} These staves he 5.06.062 {p} And then wonder 5.06.063 {p} Thus came Aragorn 5.06.064 {p} East rode the 5.06.065 {p} And so at 5.06.066 {p} “Thus we meet 5.06.067 {p} “So you spoke,” 5.06.068 {p} “Then let us 5.06.069 {ps} Hard fighting and 5.06.070 {p} Then the Sun 5.06.071 {ps} Aragorn and Éomer 5.06.072 {lg} We heard of Chapter 5.07: The Pyre of Denethor 5.07.001 {p} When the dark 5.07.002 {p} “Gandalf, Gandalf!” cried 5.07.003 {p} “What are you 5.07.004 {p} “He has,” said 5.07.005 {p} Gandalf looked through 5.07.006 {p} “But Faramir!” cried 5.07.007 {p} “Burn him alive?” 5.07.008 {p} “Denethor has gone 5.07.009 {p} “Maybe I can,” 5.07.010 {p} Then having made 5.07.011 {p} They met the 5.07.012 {p} “You will need 5.07.013 {ps} They passed on; 5.07.014 {p} “Darkness is passing,” 5.07.015 {p} At the gate 5.07.016 {p} “Work of the 5.07.017 {p} They passed the 5.07.018 {p} Suddenly the silence 5.07.019 {p} “Stay! Stay!” cried 5.07.020 {p} For there were 5.07.021 {p} Even as Gandalf 5.07.022 {p} But Gandalf sprang 5.07.023 {p} “What is this, 5.07.024 {p} “Since when has 5.07.025 {p} “You may,” said 5.07.026 {p} “He lies within,” 5.07.027 {p} Then Gandalf seeing 5.07.028 {p} Denethor started as 5.07.029 {p} “He calls,” said 5.07.030 {p} “He will not 5.07.031 {p} “Authority is not 5.07.032 {p} “Come!” said Gandalf. 5.07.033 {p} Then suddenly Denethor 5.07.034 {p} “Pride and despair!” 5.07.035 {p} “Such counsels will 5.07.036 {p} “Hope on then!” 5.07.037 {p} “But I say 5.07.038 {p} “What then would 5.07.039 {p} “I would have 5.07.040 {p} “To me it 5.07.041 {p} At those words 5.07.042 {p} “So!” cried Denethor. 5.07.043 {p} “Come hither!” he 5.07.044 {p} Then Denethor leaped 5.07.045 {p} Gandalf in grief 5.07.046 {ps} “So passes Denethor, 5.07.047 {p} “Bear away from 5.07.048 {p} Then Gandalf and 5.07.049 {ps} At length they 5.07.050 {p} “The Prince of 5.07.051 {p} Now at last 5.07.052 {p} But even as 5.07.053 {ps} But Gandalf’s face 5.07.054 {p} They looked at 5.07.055 {p} “Though the Stewards 5.07.056 {p} “Now I understand 5.07.057 {p} “It was in 5.07.058 {p} “Alas! then I 5.07.059 {p} “Now I must 5.07.060 {p} With that he Chapter 5.08: The Houses of Healing 5.08.001 {p} A mist was 5.08.002 {p} Already men were 5.08.003 {p} So Théoden and 5.08.004 {p} Slowly the lights 5.08.005 {p} “Well, Merry! Thank 5.08.006 {p} He looked up 5.08.007 {p} “Where is the 5.08.008 {p} “They have gone 5.08.009 {p} “No,” said Merry. 5.08.010 {p} Pippin’s face was 5.08.011 {p} “It’s not always 5.08.012 {p} “Lean on me, 5.08.013 {p} “Are you going 5.08.014 {p} “No, indeed!” said 5.08.015 {ps} They turned out 5.08.016 {p} “I’ll never get 5.08.017 {p} “Hullo, Bergil!” he 5.08.018 {p} “I am running 5.08.019 {p} “Don’t!” said Pippin. 5.08.020 {p} “I’d better wait 5.08.021 {p} It was not 5.08.022 {ps} So at last 5.08.023 {p} Gandalf went from 5.08.024 {p} Then an old 5.08.025 {p} And Gandalf, who 5.08.026 {p} “I have been 5.08.027 {p} Then Gandalf went 5.08.028 {ps} Now as the 5.08.029 {p} “Behold the Sun 5.08.030 {p} But Éomer said: 5.08.031 {p} “No,” said Aragorn. 5.08.032 {p} And the Prince 5.08.033 {p} “Not a beggar,” 5.08.034 {ps} Then the Prince 5.08.035 {p} When they had 5.08.036 {p} And one of 5.08.037 {p} But Éomer said: 5.08.038 {p} And Imrahil said: 5.08.039 {p} Then hope unlooked-for 5.08.040 {p} And Gandalf answered: 5.08.041 {p} But Imrahil said: 5.08.042 {p} And the cloaked 5.08.043 {p} Then Gandalf said: 5.08.044 {ps} Then Aragorn entered 5.08.045 {p} “Strider! How splendid! 5.08.046 {p} Aragorn laughed, and 5.08.047 {p} But Imrahil said 5.08.048 {p} And Aragorn hearing 5.08.049 {p} And with that 5.08.050 {p} Aragorn went first 5.08.051 {p} And Éomer seeing 5.08.052 {p} But Aragorn answered: 5.08.053 {p} Then he called 5.08.054 {p} “Yes, lord,” she 5.08.055 {p} “I will judge 5.08.056 {p} “I do not 5.08.057 {p} “It is also 5.08.058 {p} “Oh that!” said 5.08.059 {p} “Wholesome verily,” said 5.08.060 {p} “And if not,” 5.08.061 {ps} When Ioreth was 5.08.062 {p} “He is nearly 5.08.063 {p} “I drew it 5.08.064 {p} “Weariness, grief for 5.08.065 {ps} Thereupon the herb-master 5.08.066 {p} “I do so,” 5.08.067 {p} “Your pardon lord!” 5.08.068 {lg} “When the black 5.08.069 {p} “It is but 5.08.070 {p} “Then in the 5.08.071 {ps} Now Aragorn knelt 5.08.072 {p} And at last 5.08.073 {p} But Aragorn smiled. 5.08.074 {p} “Well now! Who 5.08.075 {p} Suddenly Faramir stirred, 5.08.076 {p} “Walk no more 5.08.077 {p} “I will, lord,” 5.08.078 {p} “Farewell then for 5.08.079 {p} “King! Did you 5.08.080 {ps} But Aragorn came 5.08.081 {p} “Alas! For she 5.08.082 {p} “I marvel that 5.08.083 {p} “My friend,” said 5.08.084 {p} “Think you that 5.08.085 {p} Then Éomer was 5.08.086 {p} “I have, maybe, 5.08.087 {p} Then Aragorn stooped 5.08.088 {p} “Éowyn Éomund’s daughter, 5.08.089 {p} She did not 5.08.090 {p} Then, whether Aragorn 5.08.091 {p} “Awake, Éowyn, Lady 5.08.092 {p} “Éowyn, Éowyn!” cried 5.08.093 {p} “Not long, my 5.08.094 {p} “I am strangely 5.08.095 {p} “He is dead,” 5.08.096 {p} “That is grievous,” 5.08.097 {p} “He lies nearby 5.08.098 {p} “To health?” said 5.08.099 {ps} Gandalf and Pippin 5.08.100 {p} “Do not be 5.08.101 {p} Then Aragorn laid 5.08.102 {p} “I am hungry. 5.08.103 {p} “Past supper-time now,” 5.08.104 {p} “They will indeed,” 5.08.105 {p} “Good!” said Merry. 5.08.106 {p} “Why not?” said 5.08.107 {p} “Well,” answered Merry 5.08.108 {p} “Smoke then, and 5.08.109 {p} Merry smiled. “Well 5.08.110 {p} “Master Meriadoc,” said 5.08.111 {p} Merry seized his 5.08.112 {p} “I know that 5.08.113 {ps} Pippin remained behind. 5.08.114 {p} “No,” said Merry. 5.08.115 {ps} Aragorn and Gandalf 5.08.116 {p} “The Lady Éowyn,” 5.08.117 {p} “As for Faramir,” 5.08.118 {p} “And the other 5.08.119 {p} “It is likely 5.08.120 {p} “They are a 5.08.121 {ps} At the doors 5.08.122 {p} And when he Chapter 5.09: The Last Debate 5.09.001 {p} The morning came 5.09.002 {p} “It is good 5.09.003 {p} Together the Elf 5.09.004 {p} “There is some 5.09.005 {p} “They need more 5.09.006 {ps} At length they 5.09.007 {p} “So it is 5.09.008 {p} “I am one 5.09.009 {p} “You will find 5.09.010 {p} “It will be 5.09.011 {p} “We will come,” 5.09.012 {p} “That is a 5.09.013 {p} “And doubtless the 5.09.014 {p} “Yet seldom do 5.09.015 {p} “And yet come 5.09.016 {p} “To that the 5.09.017 {ps} With that the 5.09.018 {p} And now Legolas 5.09.019 {p} “Look!” he cried. 5.09.020 {p} “Say not so!” 5.09.021 {p} “Dull and dreary 5.09.022 {p} “Don’t be so 5.09.023 {p} “The Sun may 5.09.024 {p} “The Paths of 5.09.025 {p} “Not willingly,” said 5.09.026 {p} “And by the 5.09.027 {p} “Alas! I had 5.09.028 {p} He fell silent; 5.09.029 {p} Swiftly then he 5.09.030 {p} “At his command 5.09.031 {p} “One day of 5.09.032 {p} “‘At Pelargir the 5.09.033 {p} “Thus we crossed 5.09.034 {p} Legolas paused and 5.09.035 {lg} Silver flow the 5.09.036 {p} “Green are those 5.09.037 {p} “Then I thought 5.09.038 {p} “For my part 5.09.039 {p} “But Aragorn halted 5.09.040 {p} “To every ship 5.09.041 {p} “Ere that dark 5.09.042 {p} “Strange indeed,” said 5.09.043 {p} “Beyond the eyes 5.09.044 {p} “‘Hear now the 5.09.045 {p} “And thereupon the 5.09.046 {p} “That night we 5.09.047 {p} “And that is 5.09.048 {p} “‘It is forty 5.09.049 {p} “The oars were 5.09.050 {p} “‘Up with your 5.09.051 {p} “But at midnight 5.09.052 {p} “Follow what may, 5.09.053 {p} “And that may 5.09.054 {p} “And I for 5.09.055 {p} Then the companions 5.09.056 {ps} When the Prince 5.09.057 {p} “My lords,” said 5.09.058 {p} “The Stones of 5.09.059 {p} “Hardly has our 5.09.060 {p} “Then you would 5.09.061 {p} “That would be 5.09.062 {p} “Concerning this thing, 5.09.063 {p} “Other evils there 5.09.064 {p} “Now Sauron knows 5.09.065 {p} “I did so 5.09.066 {p} “But how is 5.09.067 {p} “He is not 5.09.068 {p} “He is watching. 5.09.069 {p} “His doubt will 5.09.070 {p} “As Aragorn has 5.09.071 {p} “We must walk 5.09.072 {ps} They were silent 5.09.073 {p} Then said Elrohir: 5.09.074 {p} “As for myself,” 5.09.075 {p} “As for me,” 5.09.076 {p} “That is true,” 5.09.077 {p} “All are weary, 5.09.078 {p} “We have not 5.09.079 {p} “The Gate is 5.09.080 {p} “In Erebor in 5.09.081 {ps} This then was 5.09.082 {p} And when they 5.09.083 {p} “Surely,” he cried, 5.09.084 {p} “No, he will 5.09.085 {p} “Neither shall we,” Chapter 5.10: The Black Gate Opens 5.10.001 {p} Two days later 5.10.002 {p} Legolas and Gimli 5.10.003 {p} “You are not 5.10.004 {p} And so despondently 5.10.005 {ps} At last the 5.10.006 {p} As if recalled 5.10.007 {p} “Come, Master Perian!” 5.10.008 {ps} Ere noon the 5.10.009 {p} The vanguard passed 5.10.010 {p} But the horsemen 5.10.011 {p} Then Aragorn set 5.10.012 {p} Now in their 5.10.013 {p} But against this 5.10.014 {p} It was dark 5.10.015 {ps} The day after, 5.10.016 {p} Ever and anon 5.10.017 {p} Nonetheless, though they 5.10.018 {p} But the victory 5.10.019 {ps} So time and 5.10.020 {p} Aragorn looked at 5.10.021 {p} “Go!” said Aragorn. 5.10.022 {p} Then some being 5.10.023 {ps} They advanced now 5.10.024 {p} It grew cold. 5.10.025 {ps} The two vast 5.10.026 {p} No choice was 5.10.027 {p} They came within 5.10.028 {p} “Come forth!” they 5.10.029 {p} There was a 5.10.030 {p} At its head 5.10.031 {p} He it was 5.10.032 {p} “Is there anyone 5.10.033 {p} Aragorn said naught 5.10.034 {p} “Where such laws 5.10.035 {p} “So!” said the 5.10.036 {p} The Messenger put 5.10.037 {p} “Silence!” said Gandalf 5.10.038 {p} “So you have 5.10.039 {p} “I do not 5.10.040 {p} “Dwarf-coat, elf-cloak, blade 5.10.041 {p} No one answered 5.10.042 {p} “Name the terms,” 5.10.043 {p} “These are the 5.10.044 {p} Looking in the 5.10.045 {p} But Gandalf said: 5.10.046 {p} It seemed then 5.10.047 {p} “Do not bandy 5.10.048 {p} “These we will 5.10.049 {p} Then the Messenger 5.10.050 {ps} Drums rolled and 5.10.051 {p} The Captains mounted 5.10.052 {p} Little time was 5.10.053 {p} The wind blew, 5.10.054 {ps} Pippin had bowed 5.10.055 {p} “I wish Merry 5.10.056 {p} He drew his 5.10.057 {p} Then even as 5.10.058 {p} Then Pippin stabbed 5.10.059 {p} “So it ends 5.10.060 {p} “The Eagles are 5.10.061 {p} For one moment Chapter 6.01: The Tower of Cirith Ungol 6.01.001 {p} Sam roused himself 6.01.002 {p} Far within he 6.01.003 {p} “The perishing is 6.01.004 {p} “I wonder if 6.01.005 {p} He came back 6.01.006 {p} All was ominously 6.01.007 {p} Sam looked up 6.01.008 {p} There he halted 6.01.009 {p} As before, Sam 6.01.010 {p} Sam shuddered and 6.01.011 {p} He ran forward 6.01.012 {ps} He took off 6.01.013 {p} Hard and cruel 6.01.014 {p} Sam was looking 6.01.015 {p} In that dreadful 6.01.016 {p} As he gazed 6.01.017 {p} Only too clearly 6.01.018 {ps} His thought turned 6.01.019 {p} In that hour 6.01.020 {p} “And anyway all 6.01.021 {p} He was not 6.01.022 {ps} Sam was about 6.01.023 {p} He crept on; 6.01.024 {p} “Come on, you 6.01.025 {p} They were like 6.01.026 {p} Hardening his will 6.01.027 {p} He sprang past 6.01.028 {ps} “That’s done it!” 6.01.029 {p} There was no 6.01.030 {p} Two liveries Sam 6.01.031 {p} A wide and 6.01.032 {p} “It’ll be near 6.01.033 {p} He advanced down 6.01.034 {p} He had passed 6.01.035 {p} His will was 6.01.036 {p} For a moment 6.01.037 {p} “Yes! The Elf-warrior 6.01.038 {p} But the orc 6.01.039 {p} Sam plodded on. 6.01.040 {p} And with that 6.01.041 {ps} Up, up he 6.01.042 {p} All at once, 6.01.043 {p} At first Sam 6.01.044 {p} “You won’t go 6.01.045 {p} “They won’t come, 6.01.046 {p} “Then you must 6.01.047 {p} “I’m not going 6.01.048 {p} “That’s enough from 6.01.049 {p} “Well, you put 6.01.050 {p} “So that’s it, 6.01.051 {p} Out of the 6.01.052 {p} As far as 6.01.053 {p} Suddenly, as Shagrat 6.01.054 {p} “Got you, Gorbag!” 6.01.055 {p} Sam had no 6.01.056 {p} Sam ran after 6.01.057 {p} Away below Shagrat 6.01.058 {p} Softly Sam began 6.01.059 {p} “A dead end,” 6.01.060 {p} He ran back 6.01.061 {p} At last, weary 6.01.062 {p} His voice sounded 6.01.063 {lg} In western lands 6.01.064 {lg} Though here at 6.01.065 {p} “Beyond all towers 6.01.066 {p} “Ho la! You 6.01.067 {p} There was no 6.01.068 {p} “All right,” growled 6.01.069 {p} The hinges creaked 6.01.070 {p} “You lie quiet, 6.01.071 {p} At that rage 6.01.072 {p} With a cry 6.01.073 {ps} He was naked, 6.01.074 {p} “Frodo! Mr. Frodo, 6.01.075 {p} “Am I still 6.01.076 {p} “You’re not dreaming 6.01.077 {p} “I can hardly 6.01.078 {p} “It was indeed, 6.01.079 {p} “Well, you have 6.01.080 {p} Sam felt that 6.01.081 {p} Frodo sighed and 6.01.082 {p} “There’s no time 6.01.083 {p} “Only that?” said 6.01.084 {p} “You won’t, if 6.01.085 {p} “Yes, I can 6.01.086 {p} “That’s better!” he 6.01.087 {p} “Yes, they quarrelled, 6.01.088 {p} “They’ve taken everything, 6.01.089 {p} “No, not everything, 6.01.090 {p} “You’ve got it?” 6.01.091 {p} “All right, Mr. 6.01.092 {p} “No, no!” cried 6.01.093 {p} “O Sam!” cried 6.01.094 {p} “That’s all right, 6.01.095 {p} Sam unclasped his 6.01.096 {p} “Take care, Sam!” 6.01.097 {p} “I’ve got to 6.01.098 {p} “There’s something that 6.01.099 {ps} Frodo sat for 6.01.100 {p} It was not 6.01.101 {p} “Quick now, Mr. 6.01.102 {p} He opened the 6.01.103 {p} “The Morgul-stuff, Gorbag’s 6.01.104 {p} “What about you, 6.01.105 {p} “Well, Mr. Frodo, 6.01.106 {p} He knelt down 6.01.107 {p} “I can’t go 6.01.108 {p} “Save me, but 6.01.109 {p} “No, they eat 6.01.110 {p} “But there’s no 6.01.111 {p} “Well, things are 6.01.112 {p} “Well, there’s no 6.01.113 {p} “Not till you’ve 6.01.114 {ps} At last they 6.01.115 {p} Down the great 6.01.116 {p} At length they 6.01.117 {p} Frodo had no 6.01.118 {p} “I do, Mr. 6.01.119 {p} Sam drew out 6.01.120 {p} “Gilthoniel, A Elbereth!” 6.01.121 {p} “Aiya elenion ancalima!” 6.01.122 {p} The will of Chapter 6.02: The Land of Shadow 6.02.001 {p} Sam had just 6.02.002 {p} Down the road 6.02.003 {p} In terror they 6.02.004 {p} “This won’t do, 6.02.005 {p} “But we can’t,” 6.02.006 {ps} The eastern faces 6.02.007 {p} “Quick, Sam! Over 6.02.008 {p} “Well, here goes, 6.02.009 {p} He let go. 6.02.010 {p} When the sound 6.02.011 {p} “Orc-mail doesn’t keep 6.02.012 {ps} They had a 6.02.013 {p} “Now down we 6.02.014 {p} Day was coming 6.02.015 {p} At length they 6.02.016 {p} “Don’t say such 6.02.017 {p} Sam scrambled to 6.02.018 {ps} Frodo now led 6.02.019 {p} “It’s no good, 6.02.020 {p} “But we may 6.02.021 {p} “Look here, Sam 6.02.022 {p} “Don’t talk about 6.02.023 {p} Frodo laid aside 6.02.024 {p} “You can have 6.02.025 {p} Frodo took the 6.02.026 {p} “There now, Mr. 6.02.027 {ps} They started off 6.02.028 {p} Crouched under a 6.02.029 {p} “Look at it, 6.02.030 {p} It was the 6.02.031 {p} As Frodo and 6.02.032 {p} “What did I 6.02.033 {p} “Well no, not 6.02.034 {p} Sam’s quick spirits 6.02.035 {ps} Sharing a wafer 6.02.036 {p} It was perilous 6.02.037 {p} The light grew 6.02.038 {p} Sam sprang towards 6.02.039 {p} “All right, but 6.02.040 {p} “I didn’t mean 6.02.041 {p} “I do. But 6.02.042 {p} The water was 6.02.043 {p} “This is where 6.02.044 {ps} The river-bed was 6.02.045 {p} “Orc-gear’s no good,” 6.02.046 {p} At last Frodo 6.02.047 {p} There they sat 6.02.048 {p} “Now you go 6.02.049 {p} Frodo sighed and 6.02.050 {ps} They woke together, 6.02.051 {p} After much wandering 6.02.052 {p} Still far away, 6.02.053 {p} Frodo and Sam 6.02.054 {p} “I don’t like 6.02.055 {p} Neither he nor 6.02.056 {p} “Well!” Sam went 6.02.057 {p} “Still we shall 6.02.058 {p} “I guess what 6.02.059 {p} “I dare say 6.02.060 {ps} They soon found 6.02.061 {p} They went two 6.02.062 {p} Hardly twenty paces 6.02.063 {p} “Not much use 6.02.064 {p} “Then what have 6.02.065 {p} “Whose blame’s that?” 6.02.066 {p} “Ar!” said the 6.02.067 {p} “Who says there’s 6.02.068 {p} “Ar! Who says 6.02.069 {p} “That’s cursed rebel-talk, 6.02.070 {p} “All right, all 6.02.071 {p} “I don’t know. 6.02.072 {p} “Well, I hope 6.02.073 {p} “It saved his 6.02.074 {p} “Garn! You missed 6.02.075 {p} “You come back,” 6.02.076 {p} “Who to? Not 6.02.077 {p} “I’ll give your 6.02.078 {p} The other halted, 6.02.079 {p} The big orc, 6.02.080 {ps} For a while 6.02.081 {p} “Quietly, Sam,” Frodo 6.02.082 {p} There was another 6.02.083 {p} “Yes, I remember. 6.02.084 {p} “I’ll try,” said 6.02.085 {p} There the hobbits 6.02.086 {p} “Well, I suppose 6.02.087 {ps} It was difficult 6.02.088 {p} “Begging your pardon, 6.02.089 {p} “No, not any 6.02.090 {p} Sam sighed. “That’s 6.02.091 {p} “I’ll try and 6.02.092 {ps} It was not 6.02.093 {p} Slowly the light 6.02.094 {p} A few miles 6.02.095 {p} To the hobbits 6.02.096 {p} “We have come 6.02.097 {p} “Then we must 6.02.098 {p} “All right, Sam,” 6.02.099 {p} “Before you start 6.02.100 {p} He gave Frodo 6.02.101 {p} Sam crept out, 6.02.102 {p} Sam tasted the 6.02.103 {p} “Well, luck did 6.02.104 {p} “That Gollum’s about 6.02.105 {p} “Bless you, Sam!” 6.02.106 {p} “But he might 6.02.107 {ps} Light was fading 6.02.108 {p} Mordor-dark had returned, 6.02.109 {p} After doing some 6.02.110 {p} “I feared it, 6.02.111 {p} “Seems so,” said 6.02.112 {p} They did not 6.02.113 {p} “If only they 6.02.114 {p} And so it 6.02.115 {p} “Come on, you 6.02.116 {p} They struggled to 6.02.117 {p} It was hard 6.02.118 {p} “There now!” he 6.02.119 {ps} They had gone 6.02.120 {p} Then just as 6.02.121 {p} Dazed as he 6.02.122 {p} They lay still 6.02.123 {p} “Come on, Mr. 6.02.124 {p} With a last Chapter 6.03: Mount Doom 6.03.001 {p} Sam put his 6.03.002 {p} Sam took a 6.03.003 {p} In the morning 6.03.004 {p} Sam tried to 6.03.005 {p} “So that was 6.03.006 {p} But even as 6.03.007 {p} With a new 6.03.008 {p} Thinking of all 6.03.009 {p} “I can manage 6.03.010 {ps} Once more they 6.03.011 {p} The hobbits had 6.03.012 {p} “I’m going back 6.03.013 {p} He was taking 6.03.014 {p} So the desperate 6.03.015 {p} There came at 6.03.016 {p} Now as the 6.03.017 {p} “Water, water!” muttered 6.03.018 {p} At last wearied 6.03.019 {ps} The hateful night 6.03.020 {p} “Wake up, Master!” 6.03.021 {p} As if roused 6.03.022 {p} “I can’t manage 6.03.023 {p} Sam knew before 6.03.024 {p} A wild light 6.03.025 {p} Sam nodded. “I 6.03.026 {p} Frodo looked again 6.03.027 {p} “There, I’ll be 6.03.028 {p} Sam did likewise, 6.03.029 {p} “Do you remember 6.03.030 {p} “No, I am 6.03.031 {p} Sam went to 6.03.032 {p} He came back 6.03.033 {ps} Now at last 6.03.034 {p} That day it 6.03.035 {p} At their last 6.03.036 {p} He could not 6.03.037 {p} “Don’t be a 6.03.038 {p} “I can go 6.03.039 {p} “Where to?” 6.03.040 {p} “To the Mountain, 6.03.041 {p} “But what then, 6.03.042 {p} To his dismay 6.03.043 {p} “There you are!” 6.03.044 {p} “I’ll get there, 6.03.045 {p} At that moment 6.03.046 {ps} The last stage 6.03.047 {p} The Mountain crept 6.03.048 {p} With a gasp 6.03.049 {p} But when would 6.03.050 {p} “I didn’t ought 6.03.051 {ps} “Now for it! 6.03.052 {p} Sam looked at 6.03.053 {p} “Come, Mr. Frodo!” 6.03.054 {p} As Frodo clung 6.03.055 {p} They had reached 6.03.056 {p} Frodo opened his 6.03.057 {p} “I don’t know,” 6.03.058 {ps} He looked back, 6.03.059 {p} Sam could not 6.03.060 {p} The path was 6.03.061 {p} Sam drew a 6.03.062 {p} “I’ll crawl, Sam,” 6.03.063 {p} So foot by 6.03.064 {p} Sam knelt by 6.03.065 {p} Again he lifted 6.03.066 {p} A sudden weight 6.03.067 {p} “Wicked masster!” it 6.03.068 {p} With a violent 6.03.069 {p} “Down, down!” he 6.03.070 {p} Then suddenly, as 6.03.071 {p} “Begone, and trouble 6.03.072 {p} The crouching shape 6.03.073 {p} Then the vision 6.03.074 {p} “Look out!” cried 6.03.075 {p} Frodo looked at 6.03.076 {ps} “Now!” said Sam. 6.03.077 {p} “Don’t kill us,” 6.03.078 {p} Sam’s hand wavered. 6.03.079 {p} “Oh, curse you, 6.03.080 {p} Gollum got up 6.03.081 {ps} The path climbed 6.03.082 {p} Sam came to 6.03.083 {p} At first he 6.03.084 {p} The light sprang 6.03.085 {p} “Master!” cried Sam. 6.03.086 {p} Then Frodo stirred 6.03.087 {p} “I have come,” 6.03.088 {p} Something struck Sam 6.03.089 {p} And far away, 6.03.090 {p} From all his 6.03.091 {ps} Sam got up. 6.03.092 {p} The fires below 6.03.093 {p} “Precious, precious, precious!” 6.03.094 {p} There was a 6.03.095 {p} A brief vision 6.03.096 {ps} “Well, this is 6.03.097 {p} “Master!” cried Sam, 6.03.098 {p} “Your poor hand!” 6.03.099 {p} “Yes,” said Frodo. Chapter 6.04: The Field of Cormallen 6.04.001 {p} All about the 6.04.002 {p} As if to 6.04.003 {p} There came Gwaihir 6.04.004 {p} But the Nazgûl 6.04.005 {p} Then all the 6.04.006 {p} “Stand, Men of 6.04.007 {p} And even as 6.04.008 {ps} “The realm of 6.04.009 {ps} The Captains bowed 6.04.010 {p} Then Gandalf, leaving 6.04.011 {p} “Twice you have 6.04.012 {p} “I would bear 6.04.013 {p} “Then come, and 6.04.014 {p} “The North Wind 6.04.015 {ps} “I am glad 6.04.016 {p} “Yes, I am 6.04.017 {p} “Maybe not, Sam,” 6.04.018 {p} “Well, Master, we 6.04.019 {p} “Very well, Sam. 6.04.020 {p} Frodo and Sam 6.04.021 {p} They stood now; 6.04.022 {p} But even while 6.04.023 {ps} And so it 6.04.024 {p} Side by side 6.04.025 {ps} When Sam awoke, 6.04.026 {p} He remembered that 6.04.027 {p} Full memory flooded 6.04.028 {p} And a voice 6.04.029 {p} But Sam lay 6.04.030 {p} “A great Shadow 6.04.031 {p} “How do I 6.04.032 {p} “Yes, I am 6.04.033 {p} “Noon?” said Sam, 6.04.034 {p} “The fourteenth of 6.04.035 {p} “The King?” said 6.04.036 {p} “The King of 6.04.037 {p} “What shall we 6.04.038 {p} “The clothes that 6.04.039 {p} Then he held 6.04.040 {p} “Yes, I have 6.04.041 {ps} When they were 6.04.042 {p} As they came 6.04.043 {lg} “Long live the 6.04.044 {p} And so the 6.04.045 {p} Frodo ran to 6.04.046 {p} “Yes, Sam, Strider,” 6.04.047 {p} And then to 6.04.048 {p} “Praise them with 6.04.049 {p} And when the 6.04.050 {p} “Lo! lords and 6.04.051 {p} And when Sam 6.04.052 {p} And all the 6.04.053 {ps} And at the 6.04.054 {p} Frodo and Sam 6.04.055 {p} “I do not 6.04.056 {p} “Tonight at least 6.04.057 {p} Then Frodo took 6.04.058 {p} “No, master! Mr. 6.04.059 {p} Frodo gave way; 6.04.060 {p} But when, after 6.04.061 {p} “Why, look Mr. 6.04.062 {p} “There are indeed,” 6.04.063 {ps} At last the 6.04.064 {p} Orcs, and talking 6.04.065 {p} “That you certainly 6.04.066 {p} “Ent-draughts?” said Sam. 6.04.067 {p} “Weeks indeed,” said 6.04.068 {ps} At length Gandalf 6.04.069 {p} “And not only 6.04.070 {p} “And I,” said 6.04.071 {lg} “To the Sea, 6.04.072 {p} And so singing 6.04.073 {ps} Then the others 6.04.074 {p} “Well, one can’t 6.04.075 {ps} In the meanwhile 6.04.076 {p} But at the 6.04.077 {p} And there in Chapter 6.05: The Steward and the King 6.05.001 {p} Over the city 6.05.002 {p} When the Captains 6.05.003 {p} “Sir,” she said, 6.05.004 {p} “Lady,” he answered, 6.05.005 {p} “I am healed,” 6.05.006 {p} “There are no 6.05.007 {p} “It needs but 6.05.008 {p} The Warden looked 6.05.009 {p} “Is there no 6.05.010 {p} “I do not 6.05.011 {p} “Where can I 6.05.012 {p} “In this house, 6.05.013 {p} “Will you not 6.05.014 {ps} The Lord Faramir 6.05.015 {p} “My lord,” said 6.05.016 {p} “Do not misunderstand 6.05.017 {p} At a sign 6.05.018 {p} “What do you 6.05.019 {p} “I would have 6.05.020 {p} “I myself am 6.05.021 {p} “But I do 6.05.022 {p} “It is too 6.05.023 {p} She did not 6.05.024 {p} Faramir smiled, though 6.05.025 {p} Then she raised 6.05.026 {p} “Would you have 6.05.027 {p} “I would.” 6.05.028 {p} “Then, Éowyn of 6.05.029 {p} “Alas, not me, 6.05.030 {ps} When he returned 6.05.031 {p} “But I doubt 6.05.032 {p} And so Merry 6.05.033 {p} But in the 6.05.034 {p} And so the 6.05.035 {p} They were clad 6.05.036 {p} But she now 6.05.037 {p} “What do you 6.05.038 {p} “Does not the 6.05.039 {p} “Seven days,” said 6.05.040 {p} “Lose what you 6.05.041 {p} “Yes, we wait 6.05.042 {p} And as they 6.05.043 {p} “It reminds me 6.05.044 {p} “Of Númenor?” said 6.05.045 {p} “Yes,” said Faramir, 6.05.046 {p} “Then you think 6.05.047 {p} “No,” said Faramir, 6.05.048 {p} And so they 6.05.049 {p} And before the 6.05.050 {lg} Sing now, ye 6.05.051 {lg} Sing and rejoice, 6.05.052 {lg} Sing and be 6.05.053 {lg} And the Tree 6.05.054 {lg} Sing all ye 6.05.055 {p} And the people 6.05.056 {ps} The days that 6.05.057 {p} And Éowyn did 6.05.058 {p} Then Faramir came 6.05.059 {p} And she said: 6.05.060 {p} But he answered: 6.05.061 {p} And she said: 6.05.062 {p} “Then if you 6.05.063 {p} “I wished to 6.05.064 {p} “That I know,” 6.05.065 {p} And Éowyn looked 6.05.066 {p} Then the heart 6.05.067 {p} “I stand in 6.05.068 {p} Then Faramir laughed 6.05.069 {p} “Then must I 6.05.070 {p} “I would,” said 6.05.071 {p} And to the 6.05.072 {p} And the Warden 6.05.073 {p} But Éowyn said: 6.05.074 {ps} All things were 6.05.075 {p} At last an 6.05.076 {p} Now the Captains 6.05.077 {p} So now there 6.05.078 {p} “Nay, cousin! they 6.05.079 {p} But Ioreth was 6.05.080 {p} Faramir met Aragorn 6.05.081 {p} Then Faramir stood 6.05.082 {p} And all the 6.05.083 {p} And Ioreth said 6.05.084 {p} “Men of Gondor, 6.05.085 {p} Then the guards 6.05.086 {p} Then Aragorn took 6.05.087 {qt} Et Eärello Endorenna 6.05.088 {p} And those were 6.05.089 {p} Then to the 6.05.090 {p} Then Frodo came 6.05.091 {p} “Now come the 6.05.092 {p} But when Aragorn 6.05.093 {p} “Behold the King!” 6.05.094 {p} And in that 6.05.095 {p} In his time 6.05.096 {ps} In the days 6.05.097 {p} And the King 6.05.098 {p} “All penalty is 6.05.099 {p} Then the blood 6.05.100 {p} “So it must 6.05.101 {p} And then Beregond, 6.05.102 {p} “For,” said he, 6.05.103 {p} And last of 6.05.104 {p} And Éomer answered: 6.05.105 {p} And Éowyn said 6.05.106 {ps} So the glad 6.05.107 {p} The hobbits still 6.05.108 {p} In those days 6.05.109 {p} “As for Bilbo,” 6.05.110 {p} “Pippin,” said Frodo, 6.05.111 {p} And Gandalf said: 6.05.112 {ps} There came a 6.05.113 {p} And Gandalf said: 6.05.114 {p} “I know it 6.05.115 {p} “Not for long 6.05.116 {p} “But I shall 6.05.117 {p} “Turn your face 6.05.118 {p} Then Aragorn turned, 6.05.119 {p} Then Aragorn cried: 6.05.120 {p} And Gandalf coming 6.05.121 {p} Then Aragorn laid 6.05.122 {p} “The sign has 6.05.123 {ps} It was the 6.05.124 {p} Upon the very 6.05.125 {p} And Frodo when 6.05.126 {p} Then the King Chapter 6.06: Many Partings 6.06.001 {p} When the days 6.06.002 {p} “I know what 6.06.003 {p} “It is true 6.06.004 {p} “Do you wonder 6.06.005 {p} “Then I beg 6.06.006 {p} “In seven days 6.06.007 {p} But the Queen 6.06.008 {p} And she took 6.06.009 {ps} In three days, 6.06.010 {p} “Nay, lord,” said 6.06.011 {p} “You shall judge,” 6.06.012 {p} “Well, lord,” said 6.06.013 {p} “Alas!” said Éomer. 6.06.014 {p} “Then I must 6.06.015 {p} “But first I 6.06.016 {p} Then Gimli bowed 6.06.017 {ps} At last the 6.06.018 {p} For the other 6.06.019 {p} In that riding 6.06.020 {p} Without haste and 6.06.021 {p} “Behold, the King 6.06.022 {p} Then the drums 6.06.023 {ps} At length after 6.06.024 {p} Then the Riders 6.06.025 {lg} Out of doubt, 6.06.026 {p} But Merry stood 6.06.027 {p} “Théoden King, Théoden 6.06.028 {ps} When the burial 6.06.029 {p} Then a minstrel 6.06.030 {p} At the last 6.06.031 {p} And Faramir and 6.06.032 {p} “No niggard are 6.06.033 {p} Then Éowyn looked 6.06.034 {p} And he answered: 6.06.035 {ps} When the feast 6.06.036 {p} At the last 6.06.037 {p} And Éomer said: 6.06.038 {p} Then Éowyn gave 6.06.039 {p} “This is an 6.06.040 {p} Then Merry took 6.06.041 {ps} Now the guests 6.06.042 {p} From Deeping-coomb they 6.06.043 {p} For a while 6.06.044 {p} “Welcome to the 6.06.045 {p} “Well, come now!” 6.06.046 {p} “To see how 6.06.047 {p} “Hoom, well, that 6.06.048 {p} “And these same 6.06.049 {p} “We know it 6.06.050 {p} “Never is too 6.06.051 {p} “The New Age 6.06.052 {p} Treebeard gave Gandalf 6.06.053 {p} “Then why did 6.06.054 {p} “Hoom, no, not 6.06.055 {p} “I observe, my 6.06.056 {p} “No, not dead, 6.06.057 {p} “You may be 6.06.058 {p} “That will be 6.06.059 {p} “It is locked,” 6.06.060 {p} Quickbeam bowed like 6.06.061 {p} Treebeard’s face became 6.06.062 {p} “Yet maybe there 6.06.063 {p} But Treebeard shook 6.06.064 {p} But all save 6.06.065 {p} “Here then at 6.06.066 {p} “We will come, 6.06.067 {ps} Then Treebeard said 6.06.068 {p} And Celeborn said: 6.06.069 {p} Last of all 6.06.070 {p} “Indeed we will,” 6.06.071 {p} “Well, good-bye!” he 6.06.072 {ps} The travellers now 6.06.073 {p} “I wish we 6.06.074 {p} “Only one now 6.06.075 {p} Then Aragorn took 6.06.076 {p} But Celeborn said: 6.06.077 {p} With that they 6.06.078 {ps} Soon the dwindling 6.06.079 {p} On the sixth 6.06.080 {p} “Well Saruman!” said 6.06.081 {p} “What is that 6.06.082 {p} “You know the 6.06.083 {p} “Then all the 6.06.084 {p} “Then once more 6.06.085 {p} “To me?” said 6.06.086 {p} “Saruman,” said Galadriel, 6.06.087 {p} “If it be 6.06.088 {p} For a moment 6.06.089 {p} “Get up, you 6.06.090 {p} The beggar turned 6.06.091 {p} “Then leave him!” 6.06.092 {p} But Wormtongue only 6.06.093 {p} “So you have 6.06.094 {p} “I would, if 6.06.095 {p} “You can have 6.06.096 {p} “Mine, mine, yes 6.06.097 {p} “Thank you!” said 6.06.098 {p} “One thief deserves 6.06.099 {p} “Well, I like 6.06.100 {p} “Ah!” said Sam. 6.06.101 {p} “I’m sure it 6.06.102 {p} “Yes, I think 6.06.103 {p} Next day they 6.06.104 {p} So they passed 6.06.105 {p} Here now for 6.06.106 {p} But at length 6.06.107 {p} Sam turned away 6.06.108 {p} At last one 6.06.109 {p} First of all, 6.06.110 {p} He opened his 6.06.111 {ps} After the celebration 6.06.112 {p} The only part 6.06.113 {ps} When nearly a 6.06.114 {p} “Well, Mr. Frodo, 6.06.115 {p} “Yes, something of 6.06.116 {p} That day Frodo 6.06.117 {p} In the evening 6.06.118 {p} To Sam he 6.06.119 {p} “I have nothing 6.06.120 {p} “But if you 6.06.121 {p} Bilbo laughed, and 6.06.122 {p} “I have lost 6.06.123 {p} “What a pity!” 6.06.124 {p} “I evidently came 6.06.125 {lg} “The Road goes 6.06.126 {p} And as Bilbo 6.06.127 {ps} The evening deepened 6.06.128 {p} “I don’t think, 6.06.129 {p} At that Bilbo 6.06.130 {p} “Of course I’ll 6.06.131 {p} “Thank you, my 6.06.132 {ps} The next day 6.06.133 {p} As Frodo stood 6.06.134 {p} “I think, Frodo, 6.06.135 {p} These words no Chapter 6.07: Homeward Bound 6.07.001 {p} At last the 6.07.002 {p} “Are you in 6.07.003 {p} “Well, yes I 6.07.004 {p} “Alas! there are 6.07.005 {p} “I fear it 6.07.006 {p} Gandalf did not 6.07.007 {ps} By the end 6.07.008 {p} So it was 6.07.009 {p} When they had 6.07.010 {p} “Come in!” he 6.07.011 {p} “And there you’ll 6.07.012 {p} The Gate-keeper scowled. 6.07.013 {p} “Good evening to 6.07.014 {p} “Do you think 6.07.015 {p} “I’m not so 6.07.016 {ps} At last they 6.07.017 {p} “Mr. Butterbur! Master!” 6.07.018 {p} “Oh have they? 6.07.019 {p} “Nob, you woolly-pated 6.07.020 {p} Mr. Butterbur had 6.07.021 {p} He led them 6.07.022 {p} As they expected 6.07.023 {p} “That is just 6.07.024 {p} “Well, if you’d 6.07.025 {p} When he came 6.07.026 {p} They put him 6.07.027 {p} But he did 6.07.028 {p} “I will indeed,” 6.07.029 {p} “Three and two,” 6.07.030 {p} “And now they’re 6.07.031 {p} “Well, no one 6.07.032 {p} “Ah, that you 6.07.033 {p} Then the hobbits 6.07.034 {p} Gandalf laughed. “Well, 6.07.035 {p} “How long will 6.07.036 {p} “I expect it 6.07.037 {p} “Then the Greenway 6.07.038 {p} Mr. Butterbur shook 6.07.039 {p} “You will be 6.07.040 {p} “Up away by 6.07.041 {p} “The Rangers go 6.07.042 {p} “Well, that sounds 6.07.043 {p} “He will,” said 6.07.044 {p} “Does he now?” 6.07.045 {p} “Ah!” said Sam. 6.07.046 {p} “He says?” 6.07.047 {p} “Of course he 6.07.048 {p} It went in 6.07.049 {p} “Better times, for 6.07.050 {p} “I hope so, 6.07.051 {p} “Nob!” he said 6.07.052 {p} “Not another letter 6.07.053 {p} “Now, now, Mr. 6.07.054 {p} “What! My Bill?” 6.07.055 {ps} The travellers stayed 6.07.056 {p} “Not yet,” he 6.07.057 {p} Then one of 6.07.058 {p} No trouble by 6.07.059 {p} “Well, good luck 6.07.060 {ps} They wished him 6.07.061 {p} “I wonder what 6.07.062 {p} “I can guess 6.07.063 {p} “And something’s wrong 6.07.064 {p} “Whatever it is,” 6.07.065 {p} “Deep in, but 6.07.066 {p} “Well, we’ve got 6.07.067 {p} “I am with 6.07.068 {p} “But if you 6.07.069 {ps} In a little 6.07.070 {p} They halted and 6.07.071 {p} “As well as 6.07.072 {p} “But there aren’t 6.07.073 {p} “There weren’t any 6.07.074 {p} He turned Shadowfax 6.07.075 {ps} “Well here we 6.07.076 {p} “Not to me,” Chapter 6.08: The Scouring of the Shire 6.08.001 {p} It was after 6.08.002 {p} They hammered on 6.08.003 {p} “Who’s that? Be 6.08.004 {p} “Of course we 6.08.005 {p} At that a 6.08.006 {p} “Come along!” said 6.08.007 {p} “Bless me! It’s 6.08.008 {p} “Then stop gaping 6.08.009 {p} “I’m sorry, Master 6.08.010 {p} “Whose orders?” 6.08.011 {p} “The Chief’s up 6.08.012 {p} “Chief? Chief? Do 6.08.013 {p} “I suppose so, 6.08.014 {p} “Do you indeed!” 6.08.015 {p} A hush fell 6.08.016 {p} “We shall wake 6.08.017 {p} Merry and Pippin 6.08.018 {p} “What’s all this,” 6.08.019 {p} “Bill Ferny,” said 6.08.020 {p} Bill Ferny flinched 6.08.021 {p} “Neat work, Bill,” 6.08.022 {p} “So much for 6.08.023 {p} “I am sorry, 6.08.024 {p} “What isn’t allowed?” 6.08.025 {p} “Taking in folk 6.08.026 {p} “What’s the matter 6.08.027 {p} “Well no, the 6.08.028 {p} “Oh come!” said 6.08.029 {ps} The hobbits at 6.08.030 {p} “Well now, what 6.08.031 {p} “There isn’t no 6.08.032 {p} “Now you shut 6.08.033 {p} “He wouldn’t hear 6.08.034 {p} “All right, all 6.08.035 {ps} The new “Chief” 6.08.036 {p} They had not 6.08.037 {p} As evening fell 6.08.038 {p} “What’s all this?” 6.08.039 {p} “This is what 6.08.040 {p} “And what else?” 6.08.041 {p} “That’ll do to 6.08.042 {p} “I can add 6.08.043 {p} “There now, Mister, 6.08.044 {p} To the discomfiture 6.08.045 {p} “Very well, Mr. 6.08.046 {p} “I won’t,” said 6.08.047 {p} “I can’t do 6.08.048 {p} “All right,” said 6.08.049 {ps} Sam had been 6.08.050 {p} With a sheepish 6.08.051 {p} “Look here, Cock-robin!” 6.08.052 {p} “They’re all closed,” 6.08.053 {p} “You ought to 6.08.054 {p} “And so I 6.08.055 {p} “But you can 6.08.056 {p} “We’re not allowed 6.08.057 {p} “If I hear 6.08.058 {p} “Can’t say as 6.08.059 {p} “Then why do 6.08.060 {p} “No one did. 6.08.061 {p} “Ah! So that’s 6.08.062 {p} “That’s right. We 6.08.063 {p} “He won’t be 6.08.064 {ps} The Shirriff-house at 6.08.065 {p} It was rather 6.08.066 {p} The last person 6.08.067 {p} Two of the 6.08.068 {p} The two hobbits 6.08.069 {p} At the Three-Farthing 6.08.070 {p} “Well, come along 6.08.071 {p} “Good-bye, Cock-robin!” said 6.08.072 {p} “You’re breaking arrest, 6.08.073 {p} “We shall break 6.08.074 {ps} The travellers trotted 6.08.075 {p} Sam was beside 6.08.076 {p} “We ought to 6.08.077 {p} But in the 6.08.078 {p} “Like that friend 6.08.079 {p} “Like many that 6.08.080 {ps} The ruffians had 6.08.081 {p} “Where d’you think 6.08.082 {p} “Coming along nicely,” 6.08.083 {p} “Garn, what did 6.08.084 {p} “And what difference 6.08.085 {p} “Footpads, eh?” said 6.08.086 {p} “And what may 6.08.087 {p} “This country wants 6.08.088 {p} “Indeed. I am 6.08.089 {p} The ruffian laughed. 6.08.090 {p} “Yes, I see,” 6.08.091 {p} The man stared 6.08.092 {p} This was too 6.08.093 {p} “I am a 6.08.094 {p} The sword glinted 6.08.095 {p} “Go!” said Merry. 6.08.096 {p} “Well, we’ve come 6.08.097 {p} “Not a day 6.08.098 {p} “Save Lotho? Whatever 6.08.099 {p} “I don’t think 6.08.100 {p} “Well I am 6.08.101 {p} “Fight?” said Frodo. 6.08.102 {p} “But if there 6.08.103 {p} “No,” said Pippin. 6.08.104 {p} “I’ve an idea,” 6.08.105 {p} “No!” said Merry. 6.08.106 {p} “Do what?” said 6.08.107 {p} “Raise the Shire!” 6.08.108 {p} “Sam, you can 6.08.109 {p} They rode back 6.08.110 {p} “On, lad! On!” 6.08.111 {p} Then he heard 6.08.112 {qt} Awake! Awake! Fear, 6.08.113 {p} Behind him Sam 6.08.114 {p} “Nay! It’s not 6.08.115 {p} “It’s Sam, Sam 6.08.116 {p} Farmer Cotton came 6.08.117 {p} “That I ain’t!” 6.08.118 {p} “Good, good!” cried 6.08.119 {p} “What about Mrs. 6.08.120 {p} “My Nibs is 6.08.121 {p} Sam hurried to 6.08.122 {p} “It’s me!” shouted 6.08.123 {p} He jumped down 6.08.124 {p} “Hullo, Sam!” said 6.08.125 {p} “Perhaps not,” said 6.08.126 {p} “We’re keeping nicely, 6.08.127 {p} “Well, be off 6.08.128 {p} This was too 6.08.129 {p} “I think you 6.08.130 {ps} When Sam got 6.08.131 {p} Some of the 6.08.132 {p} Sam found Frodo 6.08.133 {p} “Well, what’s the 6.08.134 {p} “I can’t say,” 6.08.135 {p} “That’s hard to 6.08.136 {p} “Hobbiton’s not their 6.08.137 {p} “No, more’s the 6.08.138 {p} “Have they got 6.08.139 {p} “Whips, knives, and 6.08.140 {p} “There you are, 6.08.141 {p} “Not exactly,” said 6.08.142 {p} “Good for the 6.08.143 {p} Pippin rode off 6.08.144 {p} “All the same,” 6.08.145 {p} “All right!” said 6.08.146 {p} “Very good,” said 6.08.147 {p} Just then some 6.08.148 {p} “To Waymeet, that’ll 6.08.149 {p} Merry hurried off 6.08.150 {p} The hobbits opened 6.08.151 {p} No one paid 6.08.152 {p} “Who are you, 6.08.153 {p} Farmer Cotton looked 6.08.154 {p} “Well, you’re wanted 6.08.155 {p} The Men took 6.08.156 {p} Merry stepped forward. 6.08.157 {p} The leader looked 6.08.158 {p} “At ’em, lads!” 6.08.159 {p} With a long 6.08.160 {p} That was enough 6.08.161 {p} “Seems almost too 6.08.162 {p} “There’s more to 6.08.163 {p} “Why not now?” 6.08.164 {p} “He’s not too 6.08.165 {p} “Thank’ee indeed, Mr. 6.08.166 {p} “All right, Sam,” 6.08.167 {ps} Sam went off. 6.08.168 {p} “It all began 6.08.169 {p} “Of course he 6.08.170 {p} “Then there was 6.08.171 {p} “Who is this 6.08.172 {p} “The biggest ruffian 6.08.173 {p} “Take Sandyman’s mill 6.08.174 {p} “That’s right!” put 6.08.175 {p} “‘Where be you 6.08.176 {p} “‘To Bag End,’ 6.08.177 {p} “‘What for?’ says 6.08.178 {p} “‘To put up 6.08.179 {p} “‘Who said you 6.08.180 {p} “‘Sharkey,’ says they. 6.08.181 {p} “‘I’ll give you 6.08.182 {ps} Into the middle 6.08.183 {p} “Good evening, Mr. 6.08.184 {p} “I am very 6.08.185 {p} “Well, you can’t 6.08.186 {p} “Perfect satisfaction, Mr. 6.08.187 {p} “It takes a 6.08.188 {ps} Farmer Cotton’s household 6.08.189 {p} After breakfast a 6.08.190 {p} The next news 6.08.191 {p} “Ah! This lot 6.08.192 {p} The Tooks did 6.08.193 {ps} The ruffians came 6.08.194 {p} “Well, you have 6.08.195 {p} But the ruffians 6.08.196 {p} “They won’t get 6.08.197 {p} Behind, the trapped 6.08.198 {p} At last all 6.08.199 {ps} Frodo had been 6.08.200 {p} “Yes indeed; the 6.08.201 {p} Farmer Cotton collected 6.08.202 {p} It was one 6.08.203 {p} As they crossed 6.08.204 {p} “They’ve cut it 6.08.205 {p} A laugh put 6.08.206 {p} “So I see,” 6.08.207 {p} Ted Sandyman spat 6.08.208 {p} “Don’t waste any 6.08.209 {p} “You are dirty 6.08.210 {p} Ted gaped, for 6.08.211 {p} “Save your breath!” 6.08.212 {p} At the top 6.08.213 {p} “Where is that 6.08.214 {p} “This is worse 6.08.215 {p} “Yes, this is 6.08.216 {p} Merry looked round 6.08.217 {p} “No doubt, no 6.08.218 {p} A sudden light 6.08.219 {p} Saruman laughed. “So 6.08.220 {p} “I did not,” 6.08.221 {p} “Quite capable,” said 6.08.222 {p} Saruman laughed again. 6.08.223 {p} “Well, if that 6.08.224 {p} The hobbits of 6.08.225 {p} “Don’t let him 6.08.226 {p} Saruman looked round 6.08.227 {p} The hobbits recoiled. 6.08.228 {p} “Worm! Worm!” Saruman 6.08.229 {p} Saruman turned to 6.08.230 {p} “No, Sam!” said 6.08.231 {p} Saruman rose to 6.08.232 {p} He walked away, 6.08.233 {p} “Wormtongue!” called Frodo. 6.08.234 {p} Wormtongue halted and 6.08.235 {p} Wormtongue cowered down 6.08.236 {p} “Then I will,” 6.08.237 {p} A look of 6.08.238 {p} Saruman laughed. “You 6.08.239 {ps} To the dismay 6.08.240 {p} Frodo looked down 6.08.241 {ps} “And that’s the 6.08.242 {p} “And the very 6.08.243 {p} “I hope so,” 6.08.244 {p} “I shan’t call Chapter 6.09: The Grey Havens 6.09.001 {p} The clearing up 6.09.002 {p} “You would have 6.09.003 {p} He opened an 6.09.004 {p} Then there was 6.09.005 {p} When the poor 6.09.006 {p} Old Will Whitfoot 6.09.007 {p} Meanwhile the labour 6.09.008 {p} One of the 6.09.009 {p} “It’s an ill 6.09.010 {p} There was some 6.09.011 {ps} The trees were 6.09.012 {p} Then suddenly one 6.09.013 {p} “I wondered when 6.09.014 {p} Inside it was 6.09.015 {p} “Throw it in 6.09.016 {p} “On what?” said 6.09.017 {p} “Choose one spot 6.09.018 {p} “But I’m sure 6.09.019 {p} “Use all the 6.09.020 {p} So Sam planted 6.09.021 {ps} Spring surpassed his 6.09.022 {p} Altogether 1420 in 6.09.023 {p} In the Southfarthing 6.09.024 {ps} Sam stayed at 6.09.025 {p} “It is gone 6.09.026 {p} But the fit 6.09.027 {p} When all was 6.09.028 {p} Sam looked a 6.09.029 {p} “There is no 6.09.030 {p} “It’s not that, 6.09.031 {p} “Well, what is 6.09.032 {p} “It’s Rosie, Rose 6.09.033 {p} “I see,” said 6.09.034 {ps} And so it 6.09.035 {p} Merry and Pippin 6.09.036 {p} Frodo and Sam, 6.09.037 {p} All things now 6.09.038 {p} One evening Sam 6.09.039 {p} “What’s the matter, 6.09.040 {p} “I am wounded,” 6.09.041 {p} But then he 6.09.042 {ps} Time went on, 6.09.043 {p} “Well, Mr. Frodo,” 6.09.044 {p} “Well, Sam,” said 6.09.045 {p} “I suppose you’re 6.09.046 {p} Frodo thought for 6.09.047 {p} “You’re right again, 6.09.048 {ps} Little Elanor was 6.09.049 {p} “It will be 6.09.050 {p} “So he will!” 6.09.051 {p} “Well, Sam,” said 6.09.052 {p} “Well, not very 6.09.053 {p} “Of course not. 6.09.054 {p} “I wish I 6.09.055 {p} “Poor Sam! It 6.09.056 {ps} In the next 6.09.057 {p} My Diary. My 6.09.058 {p} Adventures of Five 6.09.059 {ps} Here Bilbo’s hand 6.09.060 {tt.p} THE DOWNFALL OF 6.09.061 {tt.p} (as seen by 6.09.062 {tt.p} Together with extracts 6.09.063 {ps} “Why, you have 6.09.064 {p} “I have quite 6.09.065 {ps} On September the 6.09.066 {p} They took the 6.09.067 {p} “If that isn’t 6.09.068 {ps} It was evening, 6.09.069 {lg} Still round the 6.09.070 {p} And as if 6.09.071 {lg} A! Elbereth Gilthoniel! 6.09.072 {ps} Frodo and Sam 6.09.073 {p} There was Gildor 6.09.074 {p} Elrond greeted them 6.09.075 {p} Then Bilbo woke 6.09.076 {p} “Yes, I am 6.09.077 {p} “Where are you 6.09.078 {p} “To the Havens, 6.09.079 {p} “And I can’t 6.09.080 {p} “No, Sam. Not 6.09.081 {p} “But,” said Sam, 6.09.082 {p} “So I thought 6.09.083 {p} “Come now, ride 6.09.084 {ps} Then Elrond and 6.09.085 {p} Though they rode 6.09.086 {p} As they came 6.09.087 {p} Then Círdan led 6.09.088 {p} But Sam was 6.09.089 {p} “You tried to 6.09.090 {p} “Yes,” said Gandalf; 6.09.091 {p} Then Frodo kissed 6.09.092 {p} But to Sam 6.09.093 {ps} At last the 6.09.094 {p} At last they 6.09.095 {p} He drew a