Властелин колец: Братство кольца
The Council of Elrond
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"Yes,longandweary,"saidGandalf,"butnotwithoutprofit.Foronething,thetalehetoldofhislossagreedwiththatwhichBilbohasnowtoldopenlyforthefirsttime;butthatmatteredlittle,sinceIhadalreadyguessedit.ButIlearnedthenfirstthatGollum’sringcameoutoftheGreatRivernightotheGladdenFields.AndIlearnedalsothathehadpossesseditlong.Manylivesofhissmallkind.Thepoweroftheringhadlengthenedhisyearsfarbeyondtheirspan;butthatpoweronlytheGreatRingswield.
"Andifthatisnotproofenough,Galdor,thereistheothertestthatIspokeof.Uponthisveryringwhichyouhavehereseenheldaloft,roundandunadorned,thelettersthatIsildurreportedmaystillberead,ifonehasthestrengthofwilltosetthegoldenthinginthefireawhile.ThatIhavedone,andthisIhaveread:
Ashnazgdurbatuluk,ashnazggimbatul,
ashnazgthrakatulukaghburzum-ishikrimpatul.
Thechangeinthewizard’svoicewasastounding.Suddenlyitbecamemenacing,powerful,harshasstone.Ashadowseemedtopassoverthehighsun,andtheporchforamomentgrewdark.Alltrembled,andtheElvesstoppedtheirears.
"NeverbeforehasanyvoicedaredtoutterthewordsofthattongueinImladris,GandalftheGrey,"saidElrond,astheshadowpassedandthecompanybreathedoncemore.
"Andletushopethatnonewilleverspeakithereagain,"answeredGandalf.
