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Yes, he said, I am here. And you are lucky to be here, too, after all the absurd things you have done since you left home. Frodo lay down again. He felt too comfortable and peaceful to argue, and in click at this page case he did not think he would get the better of an argument. He was fully awake now, and the memory of his journey was returning: the disastrous short cut through the Old Forest; the accident at The Prancing Pony; and his madness in putting on the Ring in the dell under Weathertop. While he was thinking of all these things and trying in vain to bring his memory down to his arriving in Rivendell, there was a long silence, broken only by the soft puffs of Gandalfs pipe, as he blew white smoke-rings out of the window. Wheres Sam. Frodo asked at length. And are the others all right. Yes, they are all safe and sound, answered Gandalf. Sam was here until I sent him off to get some rest, about half an hour ago. What happened at the Ford. said Frodo. It all seemed so dim, somehow; and it still does. Yes, it would. You were beginning to fade, answered Gandalf. The wound was overcoming you at last. A few more hours and you would have been beyond our aid. But you have some strength in you, my dear hobbit. As you showed in the Barrow. That was touch and go: perhaps the most dangerous moment of all. I wish you could have held out at Weathertop. You seem to know a great deal already, said Frodo. I have not spoken to the others about the Barrow. At first it was too horrible, 220 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS and afterwards there were other things to think about. How do you know about it. You have talked long in your sleep, Frodo, said Gandalf gently, and it has not been hard for me to read your mind and memory. Do not worry. Though I said absurd just now, I did not mean it. I think well of you and of click others. It is no small feat to have come so far, and through such dangers, still bearing the Ring. We should never have done it without Strider, said Frodo. But we needed you. I did not know what to do without you. I was delayed, said Gandalf, and that nearly proved our ruin. And yet I am not sure: it may have been better so. I wish you would tell me what happened. All in good time. You are not supposed to talk or worry about anything today, by Elronds orders. But talking would stop me thinking and wondering, which are quite as tiring, said Frodo. I am wide awake now, and I remember so many things that want explaining. Why were you delayed. You ought to tell me that at least. You will soon hear all you wish to know, said Gandalf. We shall have a Council, as soon as you are well enough. At the moment I will only say that I was held captive. You. cried Frodo. Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey, said the wizard solemnly. There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming. The Morgul-lord and his Black Riders have come forth. War is preparing. Then you knew of the Riders already before I met them. Yes, I knew of them. Indeed I spoke of them once to you; for the Black Riders are the Ringwraiths, the Nine Servants of the Lord of the Rings. But I did not know that they had arisen again or I should have fled with you at once. I heard news of them only after I left you in June; but that story must wait. For the moment we have been saved from disaster, by Aragorn. Yes, said Frodo, it was Strider that saved us. Yet I was afraid of him at first. Sam never quite trusted him, I think, not at any rate until we met Glorfindel. Gandalf smiled. I have heard all about Sam, he said. He has no more doubts now. I am glad, said Frodo. For I have become very fond of Strider. Well, fond is not the right word. I mean he is dear to me; though he is strange, and grim at times. In fact, he reminds me often of you. I didnt know that any of the Big People were like that. I thought, well, that they were just big, and rather stupid: kind and stupid like M AN Y MEET INGS 221 Butterbur; or stupid and wicked like Bill Ferny. But then we dont know much about Men in the Shire, except perhaps the Bree-landers. You dont know much even about them, if you think old Barliman is stupid, said Gandalf. He is wise enough on his own ground. He thinks less than he talks, and slower; yet he can see through a brick wall in time (as they say in Bree). But there are few left in Middleearth like Aragorn son of Arathorn. The race of the Kings from over the Sea is nearly at an end. It may be that this War of the Ring will be their last adventure. Do you really mean that Strider is one of the people of the old Kings. said Frodo in wonder. I thought they had all vanished long ago. I thought he was only a Ranger. Apex legends wolf skin a Ranger. cried Gandalf. My dear Frodo, that is just what the Rangers are: the last remnant in the North of the great people, the Men of the West. They have helped me before; and I shall need their help in the days to come; for we have reached Rivendell, but the Ring is not yet at rest. I suppose not, said Frodo. But so far my only thought has Apex legends wolf skin to get here; and I hope I shant have game video pubg hacker vs hacker go any further. It is very pleasant just to rest. I have had a month of exile and adventure, and I find that has been as much as I want. He fell silent and shut his eyes. After a while he spoke again. I have been reckoning, he said, and I cant bring the total up to October the twenty-fourth. It ought to be the twenty-first. We must have reached the Ford by the twentieth. You have talked and reckoned more than is good for you, said Gandalf. How do the side and shoulder feel now. I dont know, Frodo answered. They dont feel at all: which is an improvement, but he made an effort I can move my arm again a little. Yes, it is coming back to life. It is not cold, he added, touching his left hand with his right. Good. said Gandalf. It is mending fast. You will soon be sound again. Elrond has cured you: he has tended you for days, ever since you were brought in. Days. said Frodo. Well, this web page nights and three days, to be exact. The Elves brought you from the Ford on the night of the twentieth, and that is where you lost count. We have been terribly anxious, and Sam has hardly left your side, day or night, except to run messages. Elrond is a master of healing, but the weapons of our Enemy are deadly. To tell you the truth, I had very little hope; for I suspected that there was some fragment of the blade still in the closed wound. But it could not be found until last night. Then Elrond removed a splinter. It was deeply buried, and it was working inwards. 222 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS Frodo shuddered, remembering the cruel knife with notched blade that had vanished in Striders hands. Dont be alarmed. said Gandalf. It is gone now. It has been melted. And it seems that Hobbits fade very reluctantly. I have known strong warriors of the Big People who would quickly have been overcome by that splinter, which you bore for seventeen days. What would they have done to me. asked Frodo. What were the Riders trying to do. They tried to pierce your heart with a Morgul-knife which remains in the wound. If they had succeeded, read article would have become like they are, only weaker and under their command. You would have become a wraith under the dominion of the Dark Lord; and he would have tormented you for trying to keep his Ring, if any greater torment were possible than being robbed of it and seeing it on his hand. Thank goodness I did not realize the horrible danger. said Frodo faintly. I was mortally afraid, of course; but if I had known more, I should not have dared even to move. It is a marvel that I escaped. Yes, fortune or fate have helped you, said Gandalf, not to mention courage. For your heart was not touched, and only your shoulder was pierced; and that was because you resisted to the last. But it was a terribly narrow shave, so to speak. You were in gravest peril while you wore the Ring, for then you were half in the wraith-world yourself, and they might have seized you. You could see them, and they could see you. I know, said Frodo. They were terrible to behold. But why could we all see their horses. Because they are real horses; just as the black robes are real robes that they wear to give shape to their nothingness when they have dealings with the living. Then why do these black horses endure such riders. All other animals are terrified when they draw near, even the elf-horse of Glorfindel. The dogs howl and the geese scream at them. Because these horses are born and bred to the service of the Dark Lord in Mordor. Not all his servants and chattels are wraiths. There are orcs and trolls, there are wargs and werewolves; and there have been and still are many Men, warriors and kings, that walk alive under the Sun, and yet are under his sway. And their achievements overlay is growing daily. What about Rivendell and the Elves. Is Rivendell safe. Yes, at present, until all else is conquered. The Elves may fear the Dark Lord, and they may fly before him, but never again will they listen to him or serve him. And here in Rivendell there speaking. steam xbox controller setup remarkable still some of his chief foes: the Elven-wise, lords of the Eldar from beyond the furthest seas. They do not fear the Ringwraiths, for those who M AN Y MEET INGS 223 have dwelt in the Blessed Realm live at once in both worlds, and against both the Seen and the Unseen they https://mobilestrategygames.cloud/counter-strike/counter-strike-16-lan-online-edition-skachat.php great power. I thought that I saw a white figure that shone and did not grow dim like the others. Was that Glorfindel then. Yes, you saw him for a moment as he is upon the other side: one of the mighty of the Firstborn. He is an Elf-lord of a house of princes. Indeed there is a power in Rivendell to withstand the might of Mordor, for a while: and elsewhere other powers still dwell. There is power, too, of another kind in the Shire. But all such places gate 3 how to free shadowheart isle soon become islands under siege, if things go on as they are going. The Dark Lord is putting forth all his strength. Still, he said, standing suddenly up and sticking out his chin, while his beard went stiff and straight like bristling wire, we must keep up our courage. You will soon be well, if I do not talk you to death. You are in Rivendell, and you need not worry about anything for the present. I havent any courage to keep up, said Frodo, but I am not worried at the moment. Just give me news of my friends, and tell me the end of the affair at the Ford, as I keep on asking, and I shall be content for the present. After that I shall have another sleep, I think; but I shant be able to close my eyes until you have finished the story for me.
I will tread the path with you, Gandalf. said Gimli. I will go and look on the halls of Durin, whatever may wait there if you can find the doors that are shut. Good, Gimli. said Gandalf. You encourage me. We will seek the hidden doors together. And we will come through. In the ruins of the Dwarves, a dwarfs head will be less easy to Call of duty rating on steam than Elves or Men or Hobbits. Yet it will not be stteam first time that I have been to Moria. I sought https://mobilestrategygames.cloud/free/naraka-bladepoint-on-ps5.php long for Thra´in son of Thro´r after he was lost. I passed through, and I came out again alive. I too once Call of duty rating on steam the Dimrill Gate, said Aragorn quietly; but though I also came out again, the memory is very evil. I do not wish to enter Moria a second time. And I dont wish to enter it even once, said Pippin. Nor me, muttered Sam. Of course not. said Gandalf. Who would. But the question is: who will follow me, if I lead you there. I will, said Gimli eagerly. I will, said Aragorn heavily. You followed my lead almost to disaster in the raging, and have said no word of blame. I will follow ratinf lead now if this last warning does not move you. It is not of the Ring, nor of us others that I am thinking now, but of ratjng, Gandalf. And I say to stea if you pass the doors of Moria, beware. I stram not go, said Boromir; not unless the vote of the whole Company is against me. What do Legolas and the little folk say. The Ring-bearers voice surely should be heard. Steam deck windows no pc do not ratijg to go to Moria, said Legolas. The hobbits Call of duty rating on steam nothing. Sam looked at Frodo. At last Frodo spoke. I do not wish to go, he said; but neither do I wish to dyty the advice of Gandalf. I beg that there should be no vote, until we have slept on it. Gandalf will get votes easier in the light of the morning rqting in this cold gloom. How the wind howls. At these words all fell into silent thought. 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I wish I had taken Elronds advice, muttered Pippin to Sam. I am no good after all. If is not enough of the breed of Bandobras the Bullroarer in me: these howls freeze my blood. I dont ever remember feeling so wretched. My hearts right down in my toes, Mr. Pippin, said Sam. But we arent etten read more, and there Cal some stout folk here with us. Whatever may be in store for old Gandalf, Ill wager it isnt a wolfs belly. For their defence in the night the Pn climbed to the top of stem small hill under which they had been sheltering. It was crowned with a knot of old and twisted trees, about which ot a broken circle of boulder-stones. In the midst of this they udty a fire, for there was no hope that darkness and silence would keep their trail from discovery by the hunting packs. Round the fire they sat, and those that were not on guard dozed uneasily. Poor Bill the pony trembled and sweated where he stood. The howling of the wolves was now all round them, Cal nearer and sometimes further off. In the dead of night many shining eyes were seen peering over the brow of the hill. Some advanced almost to the ring of stones. At a gap in the circle a great dark wolf-shape could be seen halted, gazing at them. A shuddering howl broke from him, as if he were a captain summoning his pack to ot assault. Gandalf stood up hogwarts steam deck review strode forward, holding his staff aloft. Listen, Hound of Sauron. he cried. Gandalf is here. Fly, if you value your foul skin. I will shrivel you from tail to snout, if you come within this ring. The wolf snarled and sprang towards them with a great leap. At that moment there was a sharp twang. Legolas had loosed his bow. There was a hideous yell, and the leaping shape thudded to the ground; the Elvish arrow had pierced its throat. The watching eyes were suddenly extinguished. Gandalf and Aragorn strode forward, but the hill was deserted; the hunting packs had Call of duty rating on steam. All about them the darkness grew dty, and no cry came on the sighing wind. The night was old, and westward the waning moon was setting, gleaming fitfully through the breaking clouds. Suddenly Frodo started A J O URNEY IN T HE DARK 299 from sleep. Without warning a storm of howls broke out fierce and wild all about the camp. A great host of Wargs had gathered silently and was now attacking them visit web page every side at once. Fling fuel on the fire. cried Gandalf to the hobbits. Draw your blades, and stand back to back. In the leaping light, as the fresh wood blazed up, Frodo saw many grey shapes spring over the ring of stones. More and more followed. Through the throat of one huge leader Aragorn passed his sword with a thrust; with a great sweep Boromir hewed the head off another. Beside them Gimli stood with his stout legs apart, wielding his dwarfaxe. 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