Властелин колец: Братство кольца
Many Meetings
"Hereisournoblecousin!MakewayforFrodo,LordoftheRing!"
"Hush!"saidGandalffromtheshadowsatthebackoftheporch."Evilthingsdonotcomeintothisvalley;butallthesameweshouldnotnamethem.TheLordoftheRingisnotFrodo,butthemasteroftheDarkTowerofMordor,whosepowerisagainstretchingoutovertheworld!Wearesittinginafortress.Outsideitisgettingdark."
"Gandalfhasbeensayingmanycheerfulthingslikethat,"saidPippin."HethinksIneedkeepinginorder.Butitseemsimpossible,somehow,tofeelgloomyordepressedinthisplace.IfeelIcouldsing,ifIknewtherightsongfortheoccasion."
"Ifeellikesingingmyself,"laughedFrodo."ThoughatthemomentIfeelmorelikeeatinganddrinking!"
"Thatwillsoonbecured,"saidPippin."Youhaveshownyourusualcunningingettingupjustintimeforameal."
"Morethanmeal!Afeast!"saidMerry."AssoonasGandalfreportedthatyouwererecovered,thepreparationsbegan."Hehadhardlyfinishedspeakingwhentheyweresummonedtothehallbytheringingofmanybells.
ThehallofElrond’shousewasfilledwithfolk:Elvesforthemostpart,thoughtherewereafewguestsofothersorts.Elrond,aswashiscustom,satinagreatchairattheendofthelongtableuponthedais;andnexttohimontheonesidesatGlorfindel,ontheothersidesatGandalf.
