Властелин колец: Братство кольца

           Theirlastmealhadbeenlunchbesidethestandingstonethedaybefore.TheybreakfastednowofftheremainderofTom’sprovisions,meantfortheirsupper,withadditionsthatTomhadbroughtwithhim.Itwasnotalargemeal(consideringhobbitsandthecircumstances),buttheyfeltmuchbetterforit.WhiletheywereeatingTomwentuptothemound,andlookedthroughthetreasures.Mostofthesehemadeintoapilethatglisteredandsparkledonthegrass.Hebadethemliethere‘freetoallfinders,birds,beasts,ElvesorMen,andallkindlycreatures’;forsothespellofthemoundshouldbebrokenandscatteredandnoWightevercomebacktoit.Hechoseforhimselffromthepileabroochsetwithbluestones,many-shadedlikeflax-flowersorthewingsofbluebutterflies.Helookedlongatit,asifstirredbysomememory,shakinghishead,andsayingatlast:

           ‘HereisaprettytoyforTomandforhislady!Fairwasshewholongagoworethisonhershoulder.Goldberryshallwearitnow,andwewillnotforgether!’

           Foreachofthehobbitshechoseadagger,long,leaf-shaped,andkeen,ofmarvellousworkmanship,damaskedwithserpent-formsinredandgold.Theygleamedashedrewthemfromtheirblacksheaths,wroughtofsomestrangemetal,lightandstrong,andsetwithmanyfierystones.Whetherbysomevirtueinthesesheathsorbecauseofthespellthatlayonthemound,thebladesseemeduntouchedbytime,unrusted,sharp,glitteringinthesun.

           ‘Oldknivesarelongenoughasswordsforhobbit-people,’hesaid.