Властелин колец: Братство кольца
The Ring Goes South
"ButthoughtheyhadbroughtwoodandkindlingsbytheadviceofBoromir,itpassedtheskillofElforevenDwarftostrikeaflamethatwouldholdamidtheswirlingwindorcatchinthewetfuel.AtlastreluctantlyGandalfhimselftookahand.Pickingupafaggothehelditaloftforamoment,andthenwithawordofcommand,nauranedraithammen!hethrusttheendofhisstaffintothemidstofit.Atonceagreatspoutofgreenandblueflamesprangout,andthewoodflaredandsputtered.
"Ifthereareanytosee,thenIatleastamrevealedtothem,"hesaid."IhavewrittenGandalfishereinsignsthatallcanreadfromRivendelltothemouthsofAnduin."
ButtheCompanycarednolongerforwatchersorunfriendlyeyes.Theirheartswererejoicedtoseethelightofthefire.Thewoodburnedmerrily;andthoughallrounditthesnowhissed,andpoolsofslushcreptundertheirfeet,theywarmedtheirhandsgladlyattheblaze.Theretheystood,stoopinginacircleroundthelittledancingandblowingflames.Aredlightwasontheirtiredandanxiousfaces;behindthemthenightwaslikeablackwall.
Butthewoodwasburningfast,andthesnowstillfell.
Thefireburnedlow.andthelastfaggotwasthrownon.
Thenightisgettingold,"saidAragorn."Thedawnisnotfaroff."
"Ifanydawncanpiercetheseclouds,"saidGimli.
Boromirsteppedoutofthecircleandstaredupintotheblackness.
