Властелин колец: Братство кольца
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
TheDwarvesandthetwoorthreestrangeMenthatstillremainedgotupandsaidgoodnighttothelandlord,butnottoFrodoandhisfriends.BeforelongnoonewasleftbutStrider,whosaton,unnoticed,bythewall.
Mr.Butterburdidnotseemmuchputout.Hereckoned,veryprobably,thathishousewouldbefullagainonmanyfuturenights,untilthepresentmysteryhadbeenthoroughlydiscussed.‘Nowwhathaveyoubeendoing,Mr.Underhill?’heasked.‘Frighteningmycustomersandbreakingupmycrockswithyouracrobatics!’
‘Iamverysorrytohavecausedanytrouble,’saidFrodo.‘Itwasquiteunintentional,Iassureyou.Amostunfortunateaccident.’
‘Allright,Mr.Underhill!Butifyou’regoingtodoanymoretumbling,orconjuring,orwhateveritwas,you’dbestwarnfolkbeforehand–andwarnme.We’reabitsuspiciousroundhereofanythingoutoftheway–uncanny,ifyouunderstandme;andwedon’ttaketoitallofasudden.’
‘Ishan’tbedoinganythingofthesortagain,Mr.Butterbur,Ipromiseyou.AndnowIthinkI’llbegettingtobed.Weshallbemakinganearlystart.Willyouseethatourponiesarereadybyeighto’clock?’
‘Verygood!Butbeforeyougo,Ishouldlikeawordwithyouinprivate,Mr.Underhill.SomethinghasjustcomebacktomymindthatIoughttotellyou.Ihopethatyou’llnottakeitamiss.WhenI’veseentoathingortwo,I’llcomealongtoyourroom,ifyou’rewilling.’
‘Certainly!’saidFrodo;buthisheartsank
