Властелин колец: Братство кольца
The Ring Goes South
Frodocouldseeitfromhiswindow,deepintheheavensburninglikeawatchfuleyethatglaredabovethetreesonthebrinkofthevalley.
ThehobbitshadbeennearlytwomonthsintheHouseofElrond,andNovemberhadgonebywiththelastshredsofautumn,andDecemberwaspassing,whenthescoutsbegantoreturn.SomehadgonenorthbeyondthespringsoftheHoarwellintotheEttenmoors;andothershadgonewest,andwiththehelpofAragornandtheRangershadsearchedthelandsfardowntheGreyflood,asfarasTharbad,wheretheoldNorthRoadcrossedtheriverbyaruinedtown.Manyhadgoneeastandsouth;andsomeofthesehadcrossedtheMountainsandenteredMirkwood,whileothershadclimbedthepassatthesourceoftheGladdenRiver,andhadcomedownintoWilderlandandovertheGladdenFieldsandsoatlengthhadreachedtheoldhomeofRadagastatRhosgobel.Radagastwasnotthere;andtheyhadreturnedoverthehighpassthatwascalledtheDimrillStair.ThesonsofElrond,ElladanandElrohir,werethelasttoreturn;theyhadmadeagreatjourney,passingdowntheSilverlodeintoastrangecountry,butoftheirerrandtheywouldnotspeaktoanysavetoElrond.
InnoregionhadthemessengersdiscoveredanysignsortidingsoftheRidersorotherservantsoftheEnemy.EvenfromtheEaglesoftheMistyMountainstheyhadlearnednofreshnews.NothinghadbeenseenorheardofGollum;butthewildwolveswerestillgathering,andwerehuntingagainfaruptheGreatRiver.
