Властелин колец: Две башни
Flotsam and Jetsam
’Andsetusaprettyriddle,’saidLegolas.’Iwonderedifyouhadgrownwings!’
’Unfortunatelynot,’saidPippin.’ButyoudidnotknowaboutGrishnákh.’Heshudderedandsaidnomore,leavingMerrytotellofthoselasthorriblemoments:thepawinghands,thehotbreath,andthedreadfulstrengthofGrishnákh’shairyarms.
’AllthisabouttheOrcsofBarad-dûr,Lugbúrzastheycallit,makesmeuneasy,’saidAragorn.’TheDarkLordalreadyknewtoomuchandhisservantsalso;andGrishnákhevidentlysentsomemessageacrosstheRiverafterthequarrel.TheRedEyewillbelookingtowardsIsengard.ButSarumanatanyrateisinacleftstickofhisowncutting.’
’Yes,whicheversidewins,hisoutlookispoor,’saidMerry.’ThingsbegantogoallwrongforhimfromthemomenthisOrcssetfootinRohan.’
’Wecaughtaglimpseoftheoldvillain,orsoGandalfhints,’saidGimli.’OntheedgeoftheForest.’
’Whenwasthat?’askedPippin.
’Fivenightsago,’saidAragorn.
’Letmesee,’saidMerry:’fivenightsago-nowwecometoapartofthestoryyouknownothingabout.WemetTreebeardthatmorningafterthebattle;andthatnightwewereatWellinghall,oneofhisent-houses.ThenextmorningwewenttoEntmoot,agatheringofEnts,thatis,andthequeerestthingIhaveeverseeninmylife.Itlastedallthatdayandthenext;andwespentthenightswithanEntcalledQuickbeam.Andthenlateintheafternooninthethirddayoftheirmoot,theEntssuddenlyblewup.Itwasamazing.
