Властелин колец: Две башни
The Black Gate is Closed
Nothingmovesontheroadthattheydon’tknowabout.Thethingsinsideknow:theSilentWatchers.’
`Sothat’syouradviceisit,’saidSam,’thatweshouldgoanotherlongmarchsouth,tofindourselvesinthesamefixoraworseone,whenwegetthere,ifweeverdo?’
`No,noindeed,’saidGollum.`Hobbitsmustsee,musttrytounderstand.Hedoesnotexpectattackthatway.HisEyeisallround,butitattendsmoretosomeplacesthantoothers.Hecan’tseeeverythingallatonce,notyet.Yousee,HehasconqueredallthecountrywestoftheShadowyMountainsdowntotheRiver,andHeholdsthebridgesnow.HethinksnoonecancometotheMoontowerwithoutfightingbigbattleatthebridges,orgettinglotsofboatswhichtheycannothideandHewillknowabout.’
’YouseemtoknowalotaboutwhatHe’sdoingandthinking,’saidSam.`HaveyoubeentalkingtoHimlately?OrjusthobnobbingwithOrcs?’
’Notnicehobbit,notsensible,’saidGollum,givingSamanangryglanceandturningtoFrodo.’SméagolhastalkedtoOrcs,yesofcourse,beforehemetmaster,andtomanypeoples:hehaswalkedveryfar.Andwhathesaysnowmanypeoplesaresaying.It’shereintheNorththatthebigdangerisforHim,andforus.HewillcomeoutoftheBlackGateoneday,onedaysoon.Thatistheonlywaybigarmiescancome.ButawaydownwestHeisnotafraid,andtherearetheSilentWatchers.’
`Justso!’saidSam,nottobeputoff.
