Властелин колец: Две башни
The Black Gate is Closed
ButstillFrododidnotspeaktoGollumormakehischoice.Hiseyeswereclosed,asifheweredreaming,orlookinginwardintohisheartandmemory.Atlasthestirredandstoodup,anditseemedthathewasabouttospeakandtodecide.But`hark!’hesaid.`Whatisthat?’
Anewfearwasuponthem.Theyheardsingingandhoarseshouting.Atfirstitseemedalongwayoff,butitdrewnearer:itwascomingtowardsthem.ItleapedintoalltheirmindsthattheBlackWingshadspiedthemandhadsentarmedsoldierstoseizethem:nospeedseemedtoogreatfortheseterribleservantsofSauron.Theycrouched,listening.Thevoicesandtheclinkofweaponsandharnesswereveryclose.FrodoandSamloosenedtheirsmallswordsintheirsheaths.Flightwasimpossible.
Gollumroseslowlyandcrawledinsect-liketothelipofthehollow.Verycautiouslyheraisedhimselfinchbyinch,untilhecouldpeeroveritbetweentwobrokenpointsofstone.Heremainedtherewithoutmovingforsometime,makingnosound.Presentlythevoicesbegantorecedeagain,andthentheyslowlyfadedaway.FaroffahornblewontherampartsoftheMorannon.ThenquietlyGollumdrewbackandslippeddownintothehollow.
’MoreMengoingtoMordor,’hesaidinalowvoice.`Darkfaces.WehavenotseenMenlikethesebefore,no,Sméagolhasnot.Theyarefierce.Theyhaveblackeyes,andlongblackhair,andgoldringsintheirears;yes,lotsofbeautifulgold.
