Властелин колец: Братство кольца
The Council of Elrond
Lightishisfootfall!Neverbeforehadanymanmountedhim,butItookhimandItamedhim,andsospeedilyheboremethatIreachedtheShirewhenFrodowasontheBarrow-downs,thoughIsetoutfromRohanonlywhenhesetoutfromHobbiton.
"ButfeargrewinmeasIrode.EverasIcamenorthIheardtidingsoftheRiders,andthoughIgainedonthemdaybyday,theywereeverbeforeme.Theyhaddividedtheirforces,Ilearned:someremainedontheeasternborders,notfarfromtheGreenway.andsomeinvadedtheShirefromthesouth.IcametoHobbitonandFrodohadgone;butIhadwordswitholdGamgee.Manywordsandfewtothepoint.HehadmuchtosayabouttheshortcomingsofthenewownersofBagEnd.
"Ican’tabidechanges,"saidhe,"notatmytimeoflife,andleastofallchangesfortheworst.""Changesfortheworst,"herepeatedmanytimes.
"Worstisabadword,"Isaidtohim,"andIhopeyoudonotlivetoseeit."ButamidsthistalkIgatheredatlastthatFrodohadleftHobbitonlessthanaweekbefore,andthatablackhorsemanhadcometotheHillthesameevening.ThenIrodeoninfear.IcametoBucklandandfounditinuproar,asbusyasahiveofantsthathasbeenstirredwithastick.IcametothehouseatCrickhollow,anditwasbrokenopenandempty;butonthethresholdtherelayacloakthathadbeenFrodo’s.Thenforawhilehopeleftme,andIdidnotwaittogathernews,orImighthavebeencomforted;butIrodeonthetrailoftheRiders.
