Властелин колец: Две башни

           ThenpresentlySamthoughthesawadarkbird-likefigurewheelintothecircleofhissight,andhover,andthenwheelawayagain.Twomorefollowed,andthenafourth.Theywereverysmalltolookat,yetheknew,somehow,thattheywerehuge,withavaststretchofpinion,flyingatagreatheight.Hecoveredhiseyesandbentforward,cowering.ThesamewarningfearwasonhimashehadfeltinthepresenceoftheBlackRiders,thehelplesshorrorthathadcomewiththecryinthewindandtheshadowonthemoon,thoughnowitwasnotsocrushingorcompelling:themenacewasmoreremote.Butmenaceitwas.Frodofeltittoo.Histhoughtwasbroken.Hestirredandshivered,buthedidnotlookup.Gollumhuddledhimselftogetherlikeacorneredspider.Thewingedshapeswheeled,andstoopedswiftlydown,speedingbacktoMordor.

           Samtookadeepbreath.`TheRidersareaboutagain,upintheair,’hesaidinahoarsewhisper.’Isawthem.Doyouthinktheycouldseeus?Theywereveryhighup.AndiftheyareBlackRiderssameasbefore,thentheycan’tseemuchbydaylight,canthey?’

           ’No,perhapsnot,’saidFrodo.`Buttheirsteedscouldsee.Andthesewingedcreaturesthattheyrideonnow,theycanprobablyseemorethananyothercreature.Theyarelikegreatcarrionbirds.Theyarelookingforsomething:theEnemyisonthewatch,Ifear.’

           Thefeelingofdreadpassed,buttheenfoldingsilencewasbroken.Forsometimetheyhadbeencutofffromtheworld,asifinaninvisibleisland;nowtheywerelaidbareagain,perilhadreturned.