Властелин колец: Две башни

           TheOrcsweregettingreadytomarchagain,butsomeoftheNorthernerswerestillunwilling,andtheIsengardersslewtwomorebeforetherestwerecowed.Therewasmuchcursingandconfusion.ForthemomentPippinwasunwatched.Hislegsweresecurelybound,buthisarmswereonlytiedaboutthewrists,andhishandswereinfrontofhim.Hecouldmovethembothtogether,thoughthebondswerecruellytight.HepushedthedeadOrctooneside,thenhardlydaringtobreathe,hedrewtheknotofthewrist-cordupanddownagainstthebladeoftheknife.Itwassharpandthedeadhandhelditfast.Thecordwascut!QuicklyPippintookitinhisfingersandknotteditagainintoaloosebraceletoftwoloopsandslippeditoverhishands.Thenhelayverystill.

           ’Pickupthoseprisoners!’shoutedUglúk.’Don’tplayanytrickswiththem!Iftheyarenotalivewhenwegetback,someoneelsewilldietoo.’

           AnOrcseizedPippinlikeasack.putitsheadbetweenhistiedhands,grabbedhisarmsanddraggedthemdown,untilPippin’sfacewascrushedagainstitsneck;thenitjoltedoffwithhim.AnothertreatedMerryinthesameway.TheOrc’sclawlikehandgrippedPippin’sarmslikeiron;thenailsbitintohim.Heshuthiseyesandslippedbackintoevildreams.

           Suddenlyhewasthrownontothestonyflooragain.Itwasearlynight,buttheslimmoonwasalreadyfallingwestward.Theywereontheedgeofacliffthatseemedtolookoutoveraseaofpalemist.Therewasasoundofwaterfallingnearby.