Властелин колец: Братство кольца
The Ring Goes South
"Thesnowisgrowingless,"hesaid,"andthewindisquieter."
Frodogazedwearilyattheflakesstillfallingoutofthedarktoberevealedwhiteforamomentinthelightofthedyingfire;butforalongtimehecouldseenosignoftheirslackening.Thensuddenly,assleepwasbeginningtocreepoverhimagain,hewasawarethatthewindhadindeedfallen,andtheflakeswerebecominglargerandfewer.Veryslowlyadimlightbegantogrow.Atlastthesnowstoppedaltogether.
Asthelightgrewstrongeritshowedasilentshroudedworld.Belowtheirrefugewerewhitehumpsanddomesandshapelessdeepsbeneathwhichthepaththattheyhadtroddenwasaltogetherlost;buttheheightsabovewerehiddeningreatcloudsstillheavywiththethreatofsnow.
Gimlilookedupandshookhishead."Caradhrashasnotforgivenus."hesaid."Hehasmoresnowyettoflingatus,ifwegoon.Thesoonerwegobackanddownthebetter."
Tothisallagreed,buttheirretreatwasnowdifficult.Itmightwellproveimpossible.Onlyafewpacesfromtheashesoftheirfirethesnowlaymanyfeetdeep,higherthantheheadsofthehobbits;inplacesithadbeenscoopedandpiledbythewindintogreatdriftsagainstthecliff.
"IfGandalfwouldgobeforeuswithabrightflame,hemightmeltapathforyou,"saidLegolas.Thestormhadtroubledhimlittle,andhealoneoftheCompanyremainedstilllightofheart.
