Властелин колец: Братство кольца
The Ring Goes South
AfterawhileBoromirreturnedcarryingSam.Behindinthenarrowbutnowwell-troddentrackcameGandalf,leadingBillwithGimliperchedamongthebaggage.LastcameAragorncarryingFrodo.Theypassedthroughthelane;buthardlyhadFrodotouchedthegroundwhenwithadeeprumblethererolleddownafallofstonesandslitheringsnow.ThesprayofithalfblindedtheCompanyastheycrouchedagainstthecliff,andwhentheairclearedagaintheysawthatthepathwasblockedbehindthem.
"Enough,enough!"criedGimli."Wearedepartingasquicklyaswemay!"Andindeedwiththatlaststrokethemaliceofthemountainseemedtobeexpended,asifCaradhraswassatisfiedthattheinvadershadbeenbeatenoffandwouldnotdaretoreturn.Thethreatofsnowlifted;thecloudsbegantobreakandthelightgrewbroader.
AsLegolashadreported,theyfoundthatthesnowbecamesteadilymoreshallowastheywentdown,sothateventhehobbitscouldtrudgealong.Soontheyallstoodoncemoreontheflatshelfattheheadofthesteepslopewheretheyhadfeltthefirstflakesofsnowthenightbefore.
Themorningwasnowfaradvanced.Fromthehighplacetheylookedbackwestwardsoverthelowerlands.Farawayinthetumbleofcountrythatlayatthefootofthemountainwasthedellfromwhichtheyhadstartedtoclimbthepass.
Frodo’slegsached.Hewaschilledtotheboneandhungry;andhisheadwasdizzyashethoughtofthelongandpainfulmarchdownhill
