Сильмариллион
Of Beren and Luthien
ButGorlimreturningfromthewaruponthemarchesfoundhishouseplunderedandforsaken,andhiswifegone;whetherslainortakenheknewnot.ThenhefledtoBarahir,andofcompanionshishewasthemostfierceanddesperate;butdoubtgnawedhisheart,thinkingthatperhapsEilinelwasnotdead.Attimeshewoulddepartaloneandsecretly,andvisithishousethatstoodamidthefieldsandwoodshehadoncepossessed;andthisbecameknowntotheservantsofMorgoth.
Onatimeofautumnhecameintheduskofevening,anddrawingnearhesawashethoughtalightatthewindow;andcomingwarilyhelookedwithin.TherehesawEilinel,andherfacewaswornwithgriefandhunger,anditseemedtohimthatheheardhervoicelamentingthathehadforsakenher.Butevenashecriedaloudthelightwasblownoutinthewind;wolveshowled,andonhisshouldershefeltsuddenlytheheavyhandsofSauron’shunters.ThusGorlimwasensnared;andtakinghimtotheircamptheytormented,seekingtolearnthehidingsofBarahirandallhisways.ButnothingwouldGorlimtell.ThentheypromisedhimthatheshouldbereleasedandrestoredtoEilinel,ifhewouldyield;andbeingatlastwornwithpain,andyearningforhiswife,hefaltered.ThenstraightawaytheybroughthimintothedreadfulpresenceofSauron;andSauronsaid:’Ihearnowthatthouwouldstbarterwithme.Whatisthyprice?’
AndGorlimansweredthatheshouldfindEilinelagain,andwithherbesetfree;forhethoughtEilinelalsohadbeenmadecaptive.
