Властелин колец: Братство кольца
The Ring Goes South
ButallthewhileIsitandthink
oftimestherewerebefore,
Ilistenforreturningfeet
andvoicesatthedoor.
ItwasacoldgreydayneartheendofDecember.TheEastWindwasstreamingthroughthebarebranchesofthetrees,andseethinginthedarkpinesonthehills.Raggedcloudswerehurryingoverhead,darkandlow.AsthecheerlessshadowsoftheearlyeveningbegantofalltheCompanymadereadytosetout.Theyweretostartatdusk,forElrondcounselledthemtojourneyundercoverofnightasoftenastheycould,untiltheywerefarfromRivendell.
"YoushouldfearthemanyeyesoftheservantsofSauron,"hesaid."IdonotdoubtthatnewsofthediscomfitureoftheRidershasalreadyreachedhim,andhewillbefilledwithwrath.Soonnowhisspiesonfootandwingwillbeabroadinthenorthernlands.Evenoftheskyaboveyoumustbewareasyougoonyourway."
TheCompanytooklittlegearofwar,fortheirhopewasinsecrecynotinbattle.AragornhadAndurilbutnootherweapon,andhewentforthcladonlyinrustygreenandbrown.asaRangerofthewilderness.Boromirhadalongsword,infashionlikeAndurilbutoflesslineageandheborealsoashieldandhiswar-horn.
