Властелин колец: Братство кольца
The Ring Goes South
Inthelateafternoon,whiletheotherswerefinishingtheirbreakfast,GandalfandAragornwentasidetogetherandstoodlookingatCaradhras.Itssideswerenowdarkandsullen,anditsheadwasingreycloud.Frodowatchedthem,wonderingwhichwaythedebatewouldgo.WhentheyreturnedtotheCompanyGandalfspoke,andthenheknewthatithadbeendecidedtofacetheweatherandthehighpass.Hewasrelieved.Hecouldnotguesswhatwastheotherdarkandsecretway,buttheverymentionofithadseemedtofillAragornwithdismay,andFrodowasgladthatithadbeenabandoned.
"Fromsignsthatwehaveseenlately,"saidGandalf,"IfearthattheRedhornGatemaybewatched;andalsoIhavedoubtsoftheweatherthatiscomingupbehind.Snowmaycome.Wemustgowithallthespeedthatwecan.Evensoitwilltakeusmorethantwomarchesbeforewereachthetopofthepass.Darkwillcomeearlythisevening.Wemustleaveassoonasyoucangetready."
"Iwilladdawordofadvice,ifImay,"saidBoromir."IwasbornundertheshadowoftheWhiteMountainsandknowsomethingofjourneysinthehighplaces.Weshallmeetbittercold,ifnoworse,beforewecomedownontheotherside.Itwillnothelpustokeepsosecretthatwearefrozentodeath.Whenweleavehere,wheretherearestillafewtreesandbushes,eachofusshouldcarryafaggotofwood,aslargeashecanbear."
"AndBillcouldtakeabitmore,couldn’tyoulad?"saidSam.Theponylookedathimmournfully.
