Властелин колец: Две башни

           TheIsengardersbegantorunwitharedoubledpacethatastonishedPippin,aterrificspurtitseemedfortheendofarace.Thenhesawthatthesunwassinking,fallingbehindtheMistyMountains;shadowsreachedovertheland.ThesoldiersofMordorliftedtheirheadsandalsobegantoputonspeed.Theforestwasdarkandclose.Alreadytheyhadpassedafewoutlyingtrees.Thelandwasbeginningtoslopeupwards.evermoresteeply;buttheOrcsdidnothalt.BothUglúkandGrishnákhshouted,spurringthemontoalasteffort.

           ’Theywillmakeityet.Theywillescape,’thoughtPippin.Andthenhemanagedtotwisthisneck.soastoglancebackwithoneeyeoverhisshoulder.HesawthatridersawayeastwardwerealreadylevelwiththeOrcs,gallopingovertheplain.Thesunsetgildedtheirspearsandhelmets,andglintedintheirpaleflowinghair.TheywerehemmingtheOrcsin,preventingthemfromscattering,anddrivingthemalongthelineoftheriver.

           Hewonderedverymuchwhatkindoffolktheywere.HewishednowthathehadlearnedmoreinRivendell,andlookedmoreatmapsandthings;butinthosedaystheplansforthejourneyseemedtobeinmorecompetenthands,andhehadneverreckonedwithbeingcutofffromGandalf,orfromStrider,andevenfromFrodo.AllthathecouldrememberaboutRohanwasthatGandalf’shorse,Shadowfax,hadcomefromthatland.Thatsoundedhopeful,asfarasitwent.

           ’ButhowwilltheyknowthatwearenotOrcs?’hethought.’Idon’tsupposethey’veeverheardofhobbitsdownhere.