Властелин колец: Две башни
The Window on the West
Butitisacommandthatnostranger,notevenoneofRohanthatfightswithus,shallseethepathwenowgowithopeneyes.Imustblindfoldyou.’
`Asyouwill,’saidFrodo.’EventheElvesdolikewiseatneed,andblindfoldedwecrossedthebordersoffairLothlórien.Gimlithedwarftookitill,butthehobbitsenduredit.’
`ItistonoplacesofairthatIshallleadyou,’saidFaramir.’ButIamgladthatyouwilltakethiswillinglyandnotbyforce.’
HecalledsoftlyandimmediatelyMablungandDamrodsteppedoutofthetreesandcamebacktohim.’Blindfoldtheseguests,’saidFaramir.`Securely,butnotsoastodiscomfortthem.Donottietheirhands.Theywillgivetheirwordnottotryandsee.Icouldtrustthemtoshuttheireyesoftheirownaccord,buteyeswillblink,ifthefeetstumble.Leadthemsothattheydonotfalter.’
Withgreenscarvesthetwoguardsnowboundupthehobbits’eyesanddrewtheirhoodsdownalmosttotheirmouths;thenquicklytheytookeachonebythehandandwentontheirway.AllthatFrodoandSamknewofthislastmileoftheroadtheylearnedfromguessinginthedark.Afteralittletheyfoundthattheywereonapathdescendingsteeply;soonitgrewsonarrowthattheywentinsinglefile,brushingastonywalloneitherside;theirguardssteeredthemfrombehindwithhandslaidfirmlyontheirshoulders.Nowandagaintheycametoroughplacesandwereliftedfromtheirfeetforawhile,andthensetdownagain.
