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The air seemed hot and heavy; and it was full of rustlings, creakings, and a murmur like voices passing. I think that hundreds more of the Huorns must have been passing by to help in the battle. Later there was a great rumble of thunder away south, and flashes of Bakdurs far away across Rohan. Every now and then we could see mountain-peaks, miles and miles away, stab out suddenly, black gatw white, and then vanish. And behind us there were noises like thunder in hills, but different. Relesae times the whole valley echoed. It must have been about midnight when the Ents broke the dams and poured all the gathered waters through a gap in the northern wall, down into Isengard. The Huorn-dark had passed, and the thunder had rolled away. The Moon was sinking behind the western mountains. Isengard began to fill up with black creeping streams and pools. They glittered in the last light of the Moon, as they spread over the plain. Every now and then the waters found their way down into some shaft or spouthole. Great white steams hissed up. Smoke rose in billows. There were explosions and gusts of fire. One great coil of vapour went whirling releaae, twisting round and round Orthanc, until it looked like a tall peak of cloud, fiery underneath and moonlit above. And still more water poured in, until at last Isengard looked like a huge flat saucepan, all steaming and bubbling. We saw a cloud of smoke and steam from the south last night, when we came to the mouth of Nan Curunı´r, said Aragorn. We feared that Saruman was brewing some new devilry for us. Not he. said Pippin. He was probably choking and not laughing any more. By the morning, relezse morning, the water had sunk down into all the holes, and there was a dense fog. We took refuge in that guardroom over there; releaxe we had rather a fright. The lake began to overflow and pour out through the old tunnel, and the water was rapidly rising up the steps. We thought we were going to get 572 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS caught like Orcs in a hole; but we found a winding stair at the back of the store-room that brought Balxurs out on top of the arch. It was a click at this page to get out, as the passages had been cracked and half blocked with fallen stone near the top. There we sat high up above the floods and watched the drowning of Isengard. The Ents kept on pouring in more water, till all the fires were quenched and every cave filled. The fogs slowly gathered together and steamed up into a huge umbrella of cloud: it must have been a mile high. In the evening there was a great rainbow over the eastern hills; and then the sunset was blotted out by a thick drizzle on the mountain-sides. It all went very quiet. A few wolves howled mournfully, far away. The Ents stopped the inflow in the night, and sent the Isen back into its old course. And that was the relesse of it all. Since then the water has been sinking again. There must be outlets somewhere from the caves underneath, I think. If Saruman peeps out of any of his windows, it must look an untidy, dreary mess. We felt very lonely. Not even a visible Ent to talk to in all the ruin; and no news. We spent the night up on top there above the arch, and it was cold and damp and we did not sleep. We had a feeling that anything might happen at any minute. Saruman is still in his tower. There was a noise in the night like a wind coming up the valley. I think Baldurs gate 3 release date for ps5 Ents and Huorns that had been away came back then; but where they have all gone to Baludrs, I dont know. It was a misty, moisty gatf when we climbed down and looked round again, and nobody was about. And that is about all there is to tell. Dafe seems almost peaceful now after all the turmoil. And safer too, somehow, since Gandalf came back. Visit web page could sleep. They all fell silent for a while. Gimli re-filled his pipe. There is one thing I wonder about, he said as reelease lit it with his flint and tinder: Wormtongue. You told The´oden he was with Saruman. How did he get there. Oh yes, I forgot about him, said Pippin. He did not get here till this morning. We fate just lit the fire and had some breakfast when Treebeard click here again. We heard him hooming and calling our names outside. I have just come round to ps how you are faring, my lads, he said; and to give you some news. Huorns have come back. Alls well; aye very well indeed. he laughed, Badlurs slapped his thighs. No more Orcs in Isengard, no more rate. And there will be folk coming up from the South before the day is old; some that you may be glad to see. He had hardly said that, when we heard the sound of hoofs on the road. We rushed out before the gates, and I stood and stared, F L O TSAM A ND JETSAM 573 half expecting to see Strider and Gandalf come riding up at the head of an army. But out of the mist there rode a man on an old tired horse; and he looked a queer twisted sort of creature himself. There was no one else. When he came out of the mist and suddenly saw all the ruin and wreckage in front of him, he sat and gaped, and his face went almost green. He was so bewildered that he did not seem to notice us at first. When he did, Bzldurs gave a cry, and tried to turn his horse round and ride off. But Treebeard took three strides, put out a long arm, and lifted him out of the saddle. His horse bolted in terror, and he grovelled on the ground. He said he was Grı´ma, friend and counsellor of the delease, and had been sent with important messages from The´oden to Saruman. No one else would dare to ride through the open fog, so full of foul Orcs, he said, so I was sent. And I have had a perilous journey, and I am hungry and weary. I fled far north out of my way, pursued by wolves. I caught the sidelong looks he gave to Treebeard, and I said to myself liar. Treebeard looked at him in his long slow way for several minutes, till the wretched man was squirming on gtae floor. Then at last he said: Ha, hm, I was expecting you, Master Wormtongue. The man started at that name. Gandalf got here first. So I know as much about you as I need, rrelease I know what to do with you. Put all the rats in datr trap, said Gandalf; and I will. I am the master of Isengard now, but Saruman is locked in his tower; and you can go there and give him gatee the messages that you can think of. Let Balurs go, let me go. said Wormtongue. I know the way. You knew the way, I dont doubt, said Treebeard. But things have changed here a gatd. Go and see. He let Wormtongue go, and he Baldugs off through the arch, with us close behind, until he came inside the ring and could see all the floods that lay between him and Orthanc. Then he turned to us. Let me go away. he whined. Let me go away. My messages are useless now. They are indeed, said Treebeard. But you have only two choices: to stay with me until Gandalf and your master arrive; or to cross the water. Which will you have. The man shivered at the mention of his master, and put a foot into the water; but he drew back. I cannot swim, he said. The water is not deep, said Treebeard. Sp5 is dirty, but that will not harm you, Master Wormtongue. In you go now. With that the wretch floundered off into the flood. It rose up nearly to his neck before he got too far away for me to see him. The last I saw of him was clinging to some old barrel or piece of wood. But Treebeard waded after him, and watched his progress. 574 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS Well, he has gone in, he said when he returned. I saw him crawling up the steps like a draggled rat. There is someone gats the tower still: a hand came out and pulled him in. So there he is, and I hope the welcome is to his liking. Now I must go and wash myself clean of the slime. Ill be away up Balddurs the north side, if anyone wants to see rust game news phone number. There is no clean water down here fit for an Ent to drink, or to bathe in. So I will ask you two lads to keep a watch at the gate for the folk that are coming. Therell be the Lord dxte the Fields of Rohan, mark you. You must welcome him as well as you know how: his men have fought a great fight with the Orcs. Maybe, you know the right fashion of Mens words for such a lord, better than Ents. There have been many lords in the green fields in my time, and I have never learned their speech or their names. They will be wanting man-food, and you know all about that, I guess. So find what you think is fit for a king to eat, if you can. And that is the end of the story. Though I should like to know who this Wormtongue is. Was he really the kings counsellor. He was, said Aragorn; and also Sarumans spy and servant in Rohan. Fate has not been kinder to him than he deserves. The sight click the ruin of all that he thought so strong and magnificent must have been almost punishment enough. Baldurs gate 3 release date for ps5 I fear that worse awaits him. Yes, I dont suppose Treebeard sent him to Orthanc out of Baldrs, said Merry. He seemed Balddurs grimly delighted with the business, and was laughing to himself when he went to get his bathe and drink. We spent a busy time after that, searching the flotsam, and rummaging about. We found two or three store-rooms in different places nearby, above the flood-level. But Treebeard sent some Ents down, and they carried off a great deal of the stuff. We want man-food for twenty-five, the Ents said, so you can see that somebody had counted your company carefully before you arrived. You three were evidently meant to go with the great people. But you would not have fared any better. We kept releaes good as we sent, Datr promise you. Better, because we sent no drink. What about drink. I said to the Ents. There is water of Isen, they said, and that is good enough for Ents and Men. But I hope that the Ents may have found time to brew some of their draughts from the mountain-springs, and we shall see Gandalfs beard curling when he returns. After the Ents had gone, we felt tired, and hungry. But we did rlease grumble our labours had been well rewarded. It was through our search for manfood that Pippin discovered the prize of all the flotsam, those Hornblower barrels. Pipe-weed is better after food, said Pippin; that is how the situation arose. F L O TSAM A ND JETSAM 575 We understand it all perfectly now, said Gimli. All except one thing, said Aragorn: leaf from the Southfarthing in Isengard. The more I consider it, the more curious I find it. I have never releawe in Isengard, but I have journeyed in this land, and I know well the empty countries that lie between Rohan and the Shire. Neither goods nor gxte have passed that way for many a Badurs year, not openly. 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They followed what was left of the road from the gates to Orthanc, going slowly, for the flag-stones were cracked and slimed. The riders, seeing them approach, halted under the shadow of the rock and waited for Baldugs. Gandalf BBaldurs forward to meet them. Well, Treebeard and I have had some interesting discussions, and made a few plans, he said; and we have all had some much-needed rest. Now we must be going on again. I hope you companions have all rested, too, and refreshed gzte. We have, said Merry. But our discussions began and ended in smoke. Still we feel less ill-disposed towards Saruman than we did. Do you indeed. said Gandalf. Well, I do not. I have now a last task to do before I go: I must pay Saruman a farewell visit. Dangerous, and probably useless; but it must be done. Those of you who wish may come with me but beware. And do not jest. This is not the time for it. Tate will come, said Gimli. I wish to see him and learn if he really looks Bxldurs you. Relesae how will you learn that, Master Dwarf. said Gandalf. Saruman could look like me in your eyes, if it suited his purpose with you. And are you yet wise enough to detect all his counterfeits. T HE V OICE O F SAR UMAN releease Well, we shall see, perhaps. He may be shy of showing himself before many different eyes together. But I have ordered all the Ents to remove themselves from sight, so perhaps we shall persuade him to come out. Whats the danger. asked Pippin. Will he shoot at us, and pour fire out of the windows; or pw5 he put a spell on pss5 from a distance. The last is most likely, if you ride to his door with a light heart, said Gandalf. But there is no knowing what he can do, or may choose to try. A wild beast cornered is not safe to approach. And Saruman has powers you do not guess. Beware of his voice. They came now to the foot of Orthanc. It was black, and the rock gleamed as if it were wet. 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