Властелин колец: Две башни
Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
Withheartsstrangelylightenedtheynowrestedagain,butnotforlong.TheywerenotgoingquickenoughforGollum.ByhisreckoningitwasnearlythirtyleaguesfromtheMorannontothecross-roadsaboveOsgiliath,andhehopedtocoverthatdistanceinfourjourneys.Sosoontheystruggledononcemore,untilthedawnbegantospreadslowlyinthewidegreysolitude.Theyhadthenwalkedalmosteightleagues;andthehobbitscouldnothavegoneanyfurther,eveniftheyhaddared.
Thegrowinglightrevealedtothemalandalready,lessbarrenandruinous.Themountainsstillloomedupominouslyontheirleft,butnearathandtheycouldseethesouthwardroad,nowbearingawayfromtheblackrootsofthehillsandslantingwestwards.Beyonditwereslopescoveredwithsombretreeslikedarkclouds.butallaboutthemlayatumbledheathland,grownwithlingandbroomandcornel,andothershrubsthattheydidnotknow.Hereandtheretheysawknotsoftallpine-trees.Theheartsofthehobbitsroseagainalittleinspiteofweariness:theairwasfreshandfragrant,anditremindedthemoftheuplandsoftheNorthfarthingfaraway.Itseemedgoodtobereprieved,towalkinalandthathadonlybeenforafewyearsunderthedominionoftheDarkLordandwasnotyetfallenwhollyintodecay.Buttheydidnotforgettheirdanger,northeBlackGatethatwasstillalltoonear,hiddenthoughitwasbehindthegloomyheights.Theylookedaboutforahiding-placewheretheycouldshelterfromevileyeswhilethelightlasted.
Thedaypasseduneasily.
