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When they saw the travellers they seemed frightened. Come along. said Merry, recognizing one of the hobbits. If you dont know me, Hob Hayward, you ought to. I am Merry Brandybuck, and I should like to know what all this is about, and what a Bucklander like you is doing here. You used to be on the Hay Gate. Bless me. Its Master Merry, to be sure, and all dressed up for fighting. said old Hob. Here, they said you was dead. Lost in the Old Forest by all accounts. Im pleased to see you alive after all. Then stop gaping at me through the bars, and open the gate. said Merry. Im sorry, Master Merry, but we have orders. Whose orders. The Chiefs up at Bag End. Chief. Chief. Do you mean Mr. Lotho. said Frodo. I suppose so, Mr. Baggins; but we have to say just the Chief nowadays. Do you indeed. said Frodo. Well, I am glad he has dropped the Baggins at any rate. But it is evidently high time that the family dealt with him and put him in his place. A hush fell on the hobbits beyond the gate. It wont do no good T HE SC O URIN G O F TH E SH IRE 999 talking that way, said one. Hell get to hear of it. And if you make so much noise, youll wake the Chiefs Big Man. We shall wake him up in a way that will surprise him, said Merry. If you mean that your precious Chief has been hiring ruffians out of the wild, then weve not come back too soon. He sprang from his pony, and seeing the notice in the light of the lanterns, he tore it down and threw it over the gate. The hobbits backed away and made no move to open it. Come on, Pippin. said Merry. Two is enough. Merry and Pippin climbed the gate, and the hobbits fled. Another horn sounded. Out of the bigger house on the right a large heavy figure appeared against a light in the doorway. Whats all this, he snarled as he came forward. Gate-breaking. You clear out, or Ill break your filthy little necks. Then he stopped, for he had caught the gleam of swords. Bill Ferny, said Merry, if you dont open that gate in ten seconds, youll regret it. I shall set steel to you, if you dont obey. And when you have opened the gates you will go through them and never return. You are a ruffian and a highway-robber. Bill Ferny flinched and shuffled to the gate and unlocked it. Give me the key. said Merry. But the ruffian flung it at his head and then darted out into the darkness. As he passed the ponies one of them let fly with his heels and just caught him as he ran. He went off with a yelp into the night and was never heard of again. Neat work, Bill, said Sam, meaning the pony. So much for your Big Man, said Merry. Well see the Chief later. In the meantime we want a lodging for the night, and as you seem to have pulled down the Bridge Inn and built this dismal place instead, youll have to put us up. I am sorry, Mr. Merry, said Hob, but it isnt allowed. What isnt allowed. Taking in folk off-hand like, and eating extra food, and all that, said Hob. Whats the matter with the place. said Merry. Has it been a bad year, or what. I thought it had been a fine summer and harvest. Well no, the years been good enough, said Hob. We grows a lot of food, but we dont rightly know what becomes of it. Its all these gatherers and sharers, I reckon, going round counting and measuring and taking off to storage. They do more gathering than sharing, and we never see most of the stuff again. Oh come. said Pippin yawning. This is all too tiresome for me tonight. Weve got food in our bags. Just give us a room to lie down in. Itll be better than many places I have seen. 1000 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS The hobbits at the gate still seemed ill at ease, evidently some rule or other was being broken; but there was no gainsaying four such masterfultravellers, all armed, and two ofthem uncommonly large and strong-looking. Frodo ordered the gates to be locked again. There was some sense at any rate in keeping a guard, while ruffians were still about. Then the four companions went into the hobbit guard-house and made themselves as comfortable as they could. It was a bare and ugly place, with a mean little grate that would not allow a good fire. In the upper rooms were little rows of hard beds, and on every wall there was a notice and a list of Rules. Pippin tore them down. There was no beer and very little food, but with cheat counter code 1.6 strike the travellers brought and shared out they all made a fair meal; and Pippin broke Rule 4 by putting most of next days allowance of wood on the fire. Well now, what about a smoke, while you tell us what has been happening in the Shire. he said. There isnt no pipe-weed now, https://mobilestrategygames.cloud/rust-game/rust-game-pictures-uk.php Hob; at least only for the Chiefs men. All the stocks seem to have gone. We do hear that waggon-loads of it went away down the old road out of the Southfarthing, over Sarn Ford way. That would be the end o last year, after you left. But it had been going away quietly before that, in a small way. That Lotho-- Now you shut up, Hob Hayward. cried several of the others. You know talk o that sort isnt allowed. The Chief will hear of it, and well all be in trouble. He wouldnt hear naught, if some of you here werent sneaks, rejoined Hob hotly. All right, all right. said Sam. Thats quite enough. I dont want to hear no more. No welcome, no beer, no smoke, and a lot of rules and orc-talk instead. I hoped to have a rest, but I can see theres work and trouble ahead. Lets sleep and forget it till morning. The new Chief evidently had means of getting news. It was a good forty miles from the Bridge to Bag End, but someone made the journey in a hurry. So Frodo and his friends soon discovered. They had not made any definite plans, but had vaguely thought of going down to Crickhollow together first, and resting there a bit. But now, seeing what things were like, they decided to go straight to Hobbiton. So the next day they set out along the Road and jogged along steadily. The wind had dropped but the sky was grey. The land looked rather sad and forlorn; but it was after all the first of November and the fag-end of autumn. Still there seemed an unusual amount of burning going on, and smoke rose from many points round about. A great cloud of it was going up far away in the direction of the Woody End. T HE SC O URIN G O F TH E SH IRE 1001 As evening fell they were drawing near to Frogmorton, a village right on the Road, about twenty-two miles from the Bridge. There they meant to stay the night; The Floating Log at Frogmorton was a good inn. But as they came to the east end of the village they met a barrier with a large board saying no road; and behind it stood a large band of Shirriffs with staves in their hands and feathers in their caps, looking both important and rather scared. Whats all this. said Frodo, feeling inclined to laugh. This is what it is, Mr. Baggins, said the leader of the Shirriffs, a two-feather hobbit: Youre arrested for Gate-breaking, and Tearing up of Rules, and Assaulting Gate-keepers, and Trespassing, and Sleeping in Shire-buildings without Leave, and Bribing Guards with Food. And what else. said Frodo. Thatll do to go on with, said the Shirriff-leader. I can add some more, if youd like it, said Sam. Calling your Chief Names, Wishing to punch his Pimply Face, and Thinking you Shirriffs look a lot of Tom-fools. There now, Mister, thatll do. Its the Chiefs orders that youre to come along quiet. Were going to take you to Bywater and hand you over to the Chiefs Men; and when he deals with your case you can have your say. But if you dont want to stay in the Lockholes any longer than you need, I should cut the say short, if I was you. To the discomfiture of the Shirriffs Frodo and his companions all roared with laughter. Dont be absurd. said Frodo. I am going where I please, and in my own time. I happen to be going to Bag End on business, but if you insist on going too, well that is your affair. Very well, Mr. Baggins, said the leader, pushing the barrier aside. But dont forget Ive arrested you. I wont, said Frodo. Never. But I may forgive you. Now I am not going any further today, so if youll kindly escort me to The Floating Log, Ill be obliged. I cant do that, Mr. Baggins. The inns closed. Theres a Shirriffhouse at the far end of the village. Ill take you there. All right, said Frodo. Go on and well follow. Sam had been looking the Shirriffs up and down and had spotted one that he knew. Hey, come Pubg game download windows vista Robin Smallburrow. he called. I want a word with you. With a sheepish glance at his leader, who looked wrathful but did not dare to interfere, Shirriff Smallburrow fell back and walked beside Sam, who got down off his pony. Look here, Cock-robin. said Sam. Youre Hobbiton-bred and 1002 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS ought to have more sense, coming a-waylaying Mr. Frodo and all. And whats all this about the inn being closed. Theyre all closed, said Robin. The Chief doesnt hold with beer. Leastways that is how it started. But now I reckon its his Men that has it all. And he doesnt hold with folk moving about; so if they will or they must, then they has to go to the Shirriff-house and explain their business. You ought to be ashamed of yourself having anything to do with such nonsense, said Sam. You used to like the inside of an inn better than the outside yourself. You were always popping in, on duty or off. And so I would be still, Sam, if I could. But dont Pubg game download windows vista hard on me. What can I do. You know how I went for a Shirriff seven years ago, before any of this began. Gave me a chance of walking round the country and seeing folk, and hearing the news, and knowing where the good beer was. But now its different. But you can give it up, stop Shirriffing, if it has stopped being a respectable job, said Sam. Were not allowed to, said Robin. If I hear not allowed much oftener, said Sam, Im going to get angry. Cant say as Id be sorry to see it, said Robin lowering his voice. If we all got angry together something might be done. But its these Men, Sam, the Chiefs Men. He sends them round everywhere, and if any of us small folk stand up for our rights, they drag him off to the Lockholes. They took old Flourdumpling, old Will Whitfoot the Mayor, first, and theyve taken a lot more. Lately its been getting worse. Often they beat em now. Then why do you do their work for them. said Sam angrily. Who sent you to Frogmorton. No one did. We stay here in the big Shirriff-house. Were the First Eastfarthing Troop now. Theres hundreds of Shirriffs all told, and they want more, with all these new rules. Most of them are in it against their will, but not all. Even in the Shire there are some as like minding other folks business and talking big. And theres worse than that: theres a few as do spy-work for the Chief and his Men. So thats how you had news of us, is it. Thats right. We arent allowed to send by it now, but they use the old Quick Post service, and keep special runners at different points. One came in from Whitfurrows last night with a secret message, and another took it on from here. And a message came back this afternoon saying you was to be arrested and taken to Bywater, not direct to the Lockholes. The Chief wants to see you at once, evidently. T HE SC O URIN G O F TH E SH IRE 1003 He wont be so eager when Mr. Frodo has finished with him, said Sam. The Shirriff-house at Frogmorton was as bad as the Bridge-house. It had only one storey, but it had the same narrow windows, and it was built of ugly pale bricks, badly laid. Inside it was damp and cheerless, and supper was served on a long bare table that had Pubg game download windows vista been scrubbed for weeks. The food deserved no better setting. The travellers were glad to leave the place. It was about eighteen miles to Bywater, and they set off at ten oclock in the morning. They would have started earlier, only the delay so plainly annoyed the Shirriff-leader. The west wind had shifted northward and it was turning colder, but the rain was gone. It was rather a Pubg game download windows vista cavalcade that left the village, though the few folk that came out to stare at the get-up of the travellers did not seem quite sure whether laughing was allowed. A dozen Shirriffs had been told off as escort to the prisoners; but Merry made them march in front, while Frodo and his friends rode behind. Merry, Pippin, and Sam sat at their ease laughing and talking and singing, while the Shirriffs stumped along trying to look stern and important. Frodo, however, was silent and looked rather sad and thoughtful. The last person they passed was a sturdy old gaffer clipping a hedge. Hullo, hullo. he jeered. Now whos arrested who. Two of the Shirriffs immediately left the party and went towards him. Leader. said Merry. Order your fellows back to their places at once, if diablo xp dont want me to deal with them. The two hobbits at a sharp word from the leader came back sulkily. Now get on. said Merry, and after that the travellers saw to it that their ponies pace was quick enough to push the Shirriffs along as fast as they could go. The sun came out, and in spite of the chilly wind they were soon puffing and sweating. At the Three-Farthing Stone they gave it up. They had done nearly fourteen miles with only one rest at noon. It was now three oclock. They were hungry and very footsore and they could not stand the pace. Well, come along in your own time!said Merry. We are going on. Good-bye, Cock-robin. said Sam. Ill wait for you outside The Green Dragon, if you havent forgotten where that is. Dont dawdle on the way. Youre breaking arrest, thats what youre doing, said the leader ruefully, and I cant be answerable. We shall break a good many things yet, and not ask you to answer, said Pippin. Good luck to you. 1004 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS The travellers trotted on, and as the sun began to sink towards the White Downs far away on the western horizon they came to Bywater by its wide pool; and there they had their first really painful shock. This was Frodo and Sams own country, and they found out now that they cared about it more than any other place in the world. Many of the houses that they had known were missing. Some seemed to have been burned down. The pleasant row of old hobbit-holes in the bank on the north side of the Pool were deserted, and their read more gardens that used to run down bright to the waters edge were rank with weeds. Worse, there was a whole line of the ugly new houses https://mobilestrategygames.cloud/xbox/call-of-duty-warfare-xbox-one.php along Pool Side, where the Hobbiton Road ran close to the bank. An avenue of trees had stood there. They were all gone. And looking with dismay up the road towards Bag End they saw a tall chimney of brick in the distance. It was pouring out black smoke into the evening air. Sam was beside himself. Im going right on, Mr. Frodo. he cried. Im going to see whats up. I want to find my gaffer. We ought to find out first what were in for, Sam, said Merry. I guess that the Chief will have a gang of ruffians handy. We had better find someone who will tell us how things are round here. But in the village of Bywater all the houses and holes were shut, and no one greeted them. They wondered at this, but they soon discovered the reason of it. When they reached The Green Dragon, the last house on the Here side, now lifeless and with broken windows, they were disturbed to see half a dozen large ill-favoured Men lounging against the inn-wall; they were squint-eyed and sallowfaced. Like that friend of Bill Fernys at Bree, said Sam. Like many that I saw at Isengard, muttered Merry. The ruffians had clubs in their hands and horns by their belts, but they had no other weapons, as far as could be seen. As the travellers rode up they left the wall and walked into the road, blocking the way. Where dyou think youre going. said one, the largest and most evil-looking of the crew. Theres no road for you any further. And where are those precious Shirriffs. Coming along nicely, said Merry. A little footsore, perhaps. We promised to wait for them here. Garn, what did I say. said the ruffian to his mates.
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