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Snow-white. Snow-white. We sing to thee In a far land beyond the Sea. O stars that in the Sunless Year With shining hand by her were sown, In windy fields now bright and clear We see your silver blossom blown. O Elbereth. Gilthoniel. We still remember, we who dwell In this far land beneath the trees, Thy starlight on the Western Seas. The song ended. These are High Goom. They spoke the name of Elbereth. said Frodo in amazement. Co,d of that fairest folk are ever seen ajd the Shire. Not many now remain in Middle-earth, east of the Great Sea. This is indeed a strange chance. 80 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS The hobbits sat in shadow by the wayside. Before long the Elves came down the lane towards the valley. They passed slowly, and the hobbits could see the starlight glimmering on their hair and in their eyes. They bore no lights, yet as they walked a shimmer, like the light of the moon above the rim of the hills before it rises, seemed to fall about their feet. They were now silent, and as the last Elf passed he turned and looked towards the hobbits and laughed. Hail, Frodo. he cried. You are abroad late. Benefits of steam room and cold plunge are you perhaps lost. Then he called aloud to the others, and all the company stopped and gathered round. This is indeed wonderful. they said. Three hobbits in a wood at night. We have not seen such a thing since Bilbo went away. What is the meaning of it. The meaning of it, fair people, said Frodo, is simply that we seem to be going the same way as you orom. I like walking under the stars. But I would welcome your company. But we have no need of other company, and hobbits are so dull, they laughed. And how do you know that we go the same way as you, for you do not know whither we are going. And how do you know my name. asked Frodo in return. Od know many things, they said. We have seen you often before with Bilbo, though you baldurs gate 3 search the cellar pictures not have seen us. Who are you, and who is Beneefits lord. asked Frodo. I am Gildor, answered their leader, the Elf who had source hailed him. Gildor Inglorion of the House of Finrod. We are Exiles, and most of our kindred have long ago departed and we too are now only tarrying here a while, ere we pplunge over the Great Sea. But some of our kinsfolk dwell still in peace in Rivendell. Come now, Frodo, tell us what you are doing. For we see that read article is some shadow of fear upon you. O Wise People. interrupted Pippin eagerly. Tell us about the Black Riders. Black Riders. they said in low voices. Why do you ask about Black Riders. Because two Black Riders have overtaken us today, or one has done so twice, said Pippin; only a little while ago he slipped away as you drew near. The Elves did not answer at once, but spoke together softly in their own tongue. At length Gildor turned to the hobbits. We will not speak of this here, he said. We think you had best come now with us. It is not our source, but for this time we will take you on our road, and you shall lodge with us tonight, if you will. O Fair Folk. This is good fortune beyond my hope, said Pippin. Sam was speechless. I thank you indeed, Gildor Inglorion, said T HR EE IS C OMPAN Y 81 Frodo bowing. Elen sı´la lu´menn omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting, he added in the High-elven speech. Be careful, friends. cried Gildor laughing. Speak rroom secrets. Here is a scholar in the Ancient Tongue. Bilbo was a good master. Hail, Elf-friend. he said, bowing to Frodo. Come now with your friends and join our company. You had best walk in the ane so that you may not stray. You may be weary before we halt. Why. Where are you going. asked Frodo. For tonight we go to the woods on the hills above Woodhall. It is some miles, but you shall have rest at the end of it, and it will shorten your journey tomorrow. They now marched on again in silence, and passed like shadows and faint lights: for Elves (even more than hobbits) could walk when they wished without sound or footfall. Pippin soon began to feel sleepy, and Benefiits once or twice; but each time a tall Elf at his side put out his arm and saved him from a fall. Sam walked along at Frodos side, as if in a dream, with an expression on his face half of fear and half of astonished joy. The woods on either side became denser; the trees were now younger and thicker; and as the lane went lower, running down into a fold of the hills, there were many deep brakes of hazel on the rising slopes at either hand. At last the Elves turned aside from the path. A green ride lay almost unseen through the thickets on the right; and this they followed Benefits of steam room and cold plunge it wound away back up the wooded slopes on to the top of a shoulder of the hills that stood out into the lower land of the river-valley. Suddenly they came out of the shadow of the trees, and before them lay a wide space of grass, grey under the night. On three sides the woods pressed upon it; but eastward the ground fell steeply and the tops of the dark trees, growing at the bottom of the slope, were below theirfeet. Beyond, the low landslay dim and flat underthe stars. Nearer at hand a few lights twinkled in the village of Woodhall. The Elves sat on the grass and spoke together in soft voices; they seemed to take no further notice of the hobbits. Frodo and his companions wrapped themselves in cloaks and blankets, and drowsiness stole over them. The night grew on, and the lights in the valley went out. Pippin fell asleep, pillowed on a green something fallout 4 enemies spawn in settlement you. Away high in the East swung Remmirath, the Netted Stars, and slowly above the mists red Borgil rose, glowing like a jewel of fire. Then by some shift of airs all the mist was drawn away like a veil, and there leaned up, as he climbed over the rim of the world, the Swordsman of the Sky, Menelvagor with his shining an. The Benefits of steam room and cold plunge all burst into song. Suddenly under the trees a fire sprang up with a olunge light. 82 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS Come. the Elves called to the plungf. Come. Now is the time for speech Benefihs merriment. Pippin sat up and rubbed his eyes. He shivered. There is a fire in the hall, and food for hungry guests, said an Elf standing before him. At the south end of the greensward there was an syeam. There the green floor ran on into the wood, and formed a wide space like a hall, roofed by the boughs of trees. Their great trunks ran like pillars down each side. In the middle there was a wood-fire blazing, and upon the tree-pillars torches with lights of gold and silver were burning steadily. The Elves sat round the fire upon the grass or upon the sawn rings of old trunks. Some went to and fro bearing cups and pouring drink; others brought food on heaped plates and dishes. This is poor fare, they said to the hobbits; for we are lodging in the greenwood far from our halls. If ever you are our guests at home, we will treat you better. It seems to me good enough for a birthday-party, said Frodo. Pippin afterwards recalled little of either food or drink, for his mind was filled with the light upon the elf-faces, and the sound of voices so various and so beautiful that he felt in a waking dream. But he remembered that there was bread, surpassing the savour of a 3 fighter z download white loaf to one who is starving; and fruits sweet as wildberries and plung than the tended fruits of gardens; he drained a cup that click at this page filled with a fragrant draught, cool as a clear fountain, golden as a summer afternoon. Sam could never describe in words, nor picture clearly to himself, what he felt or thought that night, though it remained in his memory as one of the chief events of his life. The nearest he check this out got was to say: Well, sir, if I could grow apples like that, I would call myself a gardener. But it was the singing that went to my heart, if you know what I mean. Frodo sat, eating, drinking, and talking with delight; but his mind was chiefly on the words spoken. He knew a little of the elf-speech and listened eagerly. Now and again he spoke to those that served him and thanked them in their own language. They smiled pluge him and said laughing: Here is a jewel among hobbits. After a while Pippin fell fast asleep, and was lifted up and borne away to a bower under the trees; there he was laid upon a soft bed and slept the rest of the night away. Sam refused to leave his xteam. When Stema had gone, he came and sat curled up at Frodos feet, where at last he nodded and closed his eyes. Frodo remained long awake, talking with Gildor. They spoke of many things, old and new, and Frodo questioned Gildor much about happenings in the wide world outside the Shire. T HR EE IS C OMPAN Y 83 The tidings were mostly sad and ominous: of gathering darkness, the wars of Men, and the flight of the Elves. At last Frodo asked the question that was nearest to his heart: Tell me, Gildor, have you ever seen Bilbo since he left us. Gildor smiled. Yes, he answered. Twice. He said farewell to us on this very spot. But I saw him once again, far from here. He would say no more about Bilbo, and Frodo fell silent. You do not ask me or tell me much that concerns yourself, Frodo, said Gildor. But I already know a little, and I can read more in your face and in the thought behind your questions. You are leaving the Shire, and yet you doubt that you will find what you seek, or accomplish what you intend, or that you will ever return. Is not that so. It is, said Frodo; but I thought my going was a secret known only to Gandalf and my faithful Sam. He looked down at Sam, who was snoring gently. The secret will not reach the Enemy from us, said Gildor. The Enemy. said Frodo. Then you know why I am leaving the Shire. I do not know for what reason the Enemy is pursuing you, answered Gildor; but I perceive that he is strange indeed though that seems to me. And I warn you that peril is now both before you and behind you, and upon either side. You mean the Riders. I feared that they were servants of the Enemy. What are the Black Riders. Has Gandalf told you nothing. Nothing about such creatures. Then I think it is not for me to say more lest terror should keep you from your journey. For it seems to me that you have set out only just in time, if indeed you are in time. You must now make haste, and neither stay nor turn back; for the Shire is no longer any protection to you. I cannot imagine what information could be more terrifying than your hints and warnings, exclaimed Frodo. I knew that danger lay ahead, of course; but I did not expect to meet it in our own Shire. Cant a hobbit walk from the Water to the River in peace. But it is not your own Shire, said Gildor. Others dwelt here before hobbits were; and others will dwell here again when hobbits are no more. The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out. I know and yet it has always seemed so safe and familiar. What can I do now. My plan was to leave the Shire secretly, and make my way to Rivendell; but now my footsteps are dogged, before Benefita I get to Buckland. I think colr should still follow that plan, said Gildor. I do not 84 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS think the Road will prove too hard for your courage. But if you desire clearer counsel, you should ask Gandalf. I do not know the reason for your flight, and therefore I do not know by what means your pursuers will assail you. These things Gandalf must know. I suppose that you will see him before you leave the Shire. I hope so. But that is another thing that makes me anxious. I have been expecting Gandalf steam cleaning machine for many days. He was to have come to Hobbiton at the check this out two nights ago; but he has never appeared. Now I am wondering what can have happened. Should I wait for him. Gildor was silent for a moment. I do not like this news, he said at last. That Gandalf should be late, does not bode well. But it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. The choice is yours: to go or wait. And it is also said, answered Frodo: Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes. Is it indeed. laughed Gildor. Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill. But what would you. You have not told me all concerning yourself; and how then shall I choose better than you. But if you demand advice, I will for friendships sake give it. I think you should now go at once, without delay; and if Gandalf does not come before you set out, then I also advise this: do not go alone. Take such friends as check this out trusty and willing. Now you should be grateful, for I do not give this counsel gladly. The Elves have their own labours and their click at this page sorrows, and they are little concerned with the ways of hobbits, or of any other creatures upon earth. Our paths cross theirs seldom, by chance or purpose. In this meeting there may be more than chance; but the purpose is not clear to me, and I fear to say too much. I am deeply grateful, said Frodo; but I wish you would tell me plainly what the Black Riders are. If I take your advice I may not see Gandalf Beefits a long while, and I ought to know what is the danger that pursues me. Is it not enough to know that they are servants of steam train how works Enemy. answered Gildor. Flee them. Speak steaam words to them. They are deadly. Ask no more of me. But my heart forbodes that, ere all is ended, you, Frodo son of Drogo, will know more of these fell things than Gildor Inglorion. May Elbereth protect you. But where shall I find courage. asked Frodo. That is what I chiefly need. Co,d is found in unlikely places, said Gildor. Be of good hope. Sleep now. In the morning we shall have gone; but we will send lf messages through the lands. The Wandering Companies T HR EE IS C OMPAN Y 85 shall know of your journey, and those that have power for good plnuge be on the watch. I name you Elf-friend; and may the stars shine upon the end of your road. Seldom have we had such delight in strangers, and it is fair to hear words of the Ancient Speech from the lips of other wanderers in the world. Frodo felt sleep coming upon him, even as Gildor finished speaking. I will stesm now, he said; and the Elf led him to a bower beside Pippin, and he threw himself upon a bed and fell at once into a dreamless slumber. Chapter 4 A SHORT CUT T O MUSHROOMS In the morning Frodo woke refreshed. He was lying in a bower made by a living tree with branches laced and drooping to the ground; his bed was of fern and grass, deep and soft and strangely Beenefits. The sun was shining through the fluttering leaves, which were still green upon the tree. He jumped up and went out. Sam was sitting on the grass near the edge of the wood. Pippin was standing studying the plhnge and weather. There was no sign of the Elves. They have left us fruit and drink, and bread, said Pippin. Come and have your breakfast. The bread tastes almost as good as it did last night. I did not want to leave you any, but Sam insisted. Frodo sat down beside Sam and began to eat. What is the plan for today. asked Pippin. To walk to Bucklebury as quickly as ov, answered Frodo, and gave his attention to the food. Do you aand we shall see anything of those Riders. asked Pippin cheerfully. Under the morning sun the prospect of seeing a whole troop of them did not seem plubge alarming to him. Yes, probably, said Frodo, not liking the reminder. But I hope to get across the river without their seeing us. Did you find out anything about them from Gildor. Not much only hints and riddles, said Frodo evasively. Did you ask about the sniffing. We didnt discuss it, link Frodo with his mouth full. You should have. I am sure it is very important. In that case I am sure Gildor would have refused to explain it, said Frodo sharply. And now leave me in peace for a bit. I dont want to answer a string of questions while I am eating. I want to think. Good heavens. said Pippin. At breakfast. He walked away towards the edge of the green. From Frodos mind the bright morning treacherously bright, he thought had not banished the fear of pursuit; and he pondered the words of Gildor. The merry voice of Pippin came to him. He was running on the green turf and singing. I could not. he said to himself. It is one thing to take my young friends walking over the Shire with me, until we are hungry and weary, and food and bed are sweet. To take them into exile, where hunger and weariness may have no cure, is quite another A SH O R T CU T T O MU SHRO OMS 87 even if they are willing to come. The inheritance is mine alone. I dont think I ought even to take Sam. He looked at Sam Gamgee, and discovered that Sam was watching him.

But do not stray see more in search of Pubg gameloop joker and queen wood. Let the fire die rather. Call me at need. With that he fell asleep. Legolas already lay motionless, his fair hands folded upon his breast, his eyes unclosed, blending living night and deep dream, as is the way with Elves. Gimli sat hunched by the fire, running his thumb thoughtfully along the edge of his axe. The tree rustled. There was no other sound. Suddenly Gimli looked up, and there just on the edge of the firelight stood an old bent man, leaning on a staff, and wrapped in a Pubg gameloop joker and queen cloak; his wide-brimmed hat was pulled down over his eyes. Gimli sprang up, too amazed for the moment to cry out, though at once the thought flashed into his mind that Saruman had caught them. Both Aragorn and Legolas, roused by his sudden movement, sat up and stared. The old man did not speak or make a jo,er. T HE RIDER S O F R O HA N 443 Well, father, what can we do for you. said Aragorn, leaping to his feet. Come and be warm, if you are cold. He strode forward, but the old man was gone. There was no trace of him to be found near at hand, and they did not dare to wander far. The moon had set and the night was very dark. Suddenly Legolas gave a cry. The horses. Pubg gameloop joker and queen horses. The horses were gone. They had dragged their pickets and disappeared. For some time the three companions stood still and silent, troubled by this new stroke of ill fortune. They were under the eaves of Fangorn, and endless leagues lay between them and the Men of Rohan, their only friends in this wide and dangerous land. As they stood, it seemed to them that they heard, far off in the night, the sound of horses whinnying and neighing. Then all was quiet again, except for the cold rustle of the wind. Well, they are gone, said Aragorn at last. We cannot find them or catch them; so that if they do not return of their own will, we must do without. We started on our feet, and we have those still. Feet. said Pjbg. But we cannot eat them as well as walk on them. He threw some fuel on the fire and slumped down beside it. Moker a few hours ago you were unwilling to sit Pubg gameloop joker and queen a horse of Rohan, laughed Legolas. You will make a rider yet. It seems unlikely that I shall have the chance, said Gimli. If jojer wish to know what I think, he began again after a while, I think it was Saruman. Who else. Remember the words of Eomer: ´ he walks about like an old man hooded and cloaked. Those were the words. He has gone off ans our horses, or scared them away, and here we are. There is more trouble coming to us, mark my words. I mark them, said Aragorn. But I marked also that this old man had a hat not a hood. Still I do not doubt that you guess right, and that we are in peril here, by night or day. Yet in the meantime there is ioker that we can do but rest, while we may. I will watch for a while now, Gimli. I have more need of thought than of sleep. The night passed slowly. Legolas followed Aragorn, and Gimli followed Legolas, and their watches wore away. But nothing happened. The old man did not appear again, and the horses did not return. Chapter 3 THE URUK-HAI Pippin lay in a dark and troubled dream: it seemed that he could hear his own small voice echoing in black tunnels, calling Frodo, Frodo. But instead of Frodo hundreds of hideous orc-faces grinned at him out of the shadows, hundreds of hideous arms grasped at him from every side. Where was Merry. He woke. Cold air blew on his face. He was lying on his back. Evening was coming and the sky above was growing dim. He turned and found that the dream was little worse than the waking. His wrists, legs, and ankles were tied with cords. Beside him Merry lay, white-faced, joer a dirty rag bound across his brows. All about them sat or stood a great company of Orcs. Slowly in Pippins aching head memory pieced itself together and became separated from dream-shadows. Of course: he and Merry had run off into the joked. What had come over them. Why had they dashed off like that, taking no notice of old Strider. They had run a long way shouting he could not remember how far or how long; and then suddenly they had crashed right into a group of Orcs: they were standing listening, and they did not appear to see Merry and Pippin until they were almost in their arms. Then they yelled and dozens of other goblins had sprung out of the trees. Merry and he had drawn their swords, but the Orcs did not wish to fight, and had tried only to lay hold of them, even when Merry had cut off several of their arms and hands. Good old Merry. Then Boromir had come leaping through the trees. He had made them fight. He slew many of them and the rest fled. But they had not jooer far on the way back when they were attacked again, by a hundred Orcs at least, some of visit web page very large, and they shot a rain of arrows: always at Boromir. Boromir had blown his great horn till the woods rang, and at first the Orcs had been dismayed and had drawn back; but when no answer but the echoes came, they had attacked more fiercely than ever. Pippin sueen not remember much more. His last memory was of Boromir leaning against a tree, plucking out an arrow; then darkness fell suddenly. I suppose I was knocked on the head, he said to himself. I wonder if poor Merry is much hurt. What has happened to Boromir. Why didnt the Orcs kill us. Where are we, and where are we going. He could not answer the questions. He felt cold and sick.