Властелин колец: Две башни
Shelob’s Lair
`Isthatall?Cobwebs!Butwhataspider!Haveat’em,downwith’em!’
Inafuryhehewedatthemwithhissword,butthethreadthathestruckdidnotbreak.Itgavealittleandthensprangbacklikeapluckedbowstring,turningthebladeandtossingupbothswordandarm.ThreetimesSamstruckwithallhisforce,andatlastonesinglecordofallthecountlesscordssnappedandtwisted,curlingandwhippingthroughtheair.OneendofitlashedSam’shand,andhecriedoutinpain,startingbackanddrawinghishandacrosshismouth.
`Itwilltakedaystocleartheroadlikethis,’hesaid.`What’stobedone?Havethoseeyescomeback?’
`No,nottobeseen,’saidFrodo.`ButIstillfeelthattheyarelookingatme,orthinkingaboutme:makingsomeotherplan,perhaps.Ifthislightwerelowered,orifitfailed,theywouldquicklycomeagain.’
`Trappedintheend!’saidSambitterly,hisangerrisingagainabovewearinessanddespair.`Gnatsinanet.MaythecurseofFaramirbitethatGollumandbitehimquick!’
’Thatwouldnothelpusnow,’saidFrodo.`Come!LetusseewhatStingcando.Itisanelven-blade.TherewerewebsofhorrorinthedarkravinesofBeleriandwhereitwasforged.Butyoumustbetheguardandholdbacktheeyes.Here,takethestar-glass.Donotbeafraid.Holditupandwatch!’
ThenFrodosteppeduptothegreatgreynet,andheweditwithawidesweepingstroke,drawingthebitteredgeswiftlyacrossaladderofclose-strungcords,andatoncespringingaway.
