Властелин колец: Две башни
The Passage of the Marshes
LotsofHispeoplewillbetherelookingoutforguests,verypleasedtotakethemstraighttoHim,Oyes.HisEyewatchesthatwayallthetime.ItcaughtSméagolthere,longago.’Gollumshuddered.’ButSméagolhasusedhiseyessincethen,yes,yes:I’veusedeyesandfeetandnosesincethen.lknowotherways.Moredifficult,notsoquick;butbetter,ifwedon’twantHimtosee.FollowSméagol!Hecantakeyouthroughthemarshes,throughthemists.nicethickmists.FollowSméagolverycarefully,andyoumaygoalongway.quitealongway,beforeHecatchesyou,yesperhaps.’
Itwasalreadyday,awindlessandsullenmorning,andthemarsh-reekslayinheavybanks.Nosunpiercedthelowcloudedsky,andGollumseemedanxioustocontinuethejourneyatonce.Soafterabriefresttheysetoutagainandweresoonlostinashadowysilentworld,cutofffromallviewofthelandsabout,eitherthehillsthattheyhadleftorthemountainsthattheysought.Theywentslowlyinsinglefile:Gollum,Sam,Frodo.
Frodoseemedthemostwearyofthethree,andslowthoughtheywent.heoftenlagged.Thehobbitssoonfoundthatwhathadlookedlikeonevastfenwasreallyanendlessnetworkofpools,andsoftmires.andwindinghalf-strangledwater-courses.Amongtheseacunningeyeandfootcouldthreadawanderingpath.Gollumcertainlyhadthatcunning,andneededallofit.Hisheadonitslongneckwaseverturningthiswayandthat,whilehesniffedandmutteredallthetimetohimself.
