Властелин колец: Братство кольца
A Journey in the Dark
TheWargshavecomewestoftheMountains!"
"Needwewaituntilmorningthen?"saidGandalf."ItisasIsaid.Thehuntisup!Evenifwelivetoseethedawn,whonowwillwishtojourneysouthbynightwiththewildwolvesonhistrail?"
"HowfarisMoria?"askedBoromir.
"Therewasadoorsouth-westofCaradhras,somefifteenmilesasthecrowflies,andmaybetwentyasthewolfruns,"answeredGandalfgrimly.
"Thenletusstartassoonasitislighttomorrow,ifwecan,"saidBoromir."Thewolfthatonehearsisworsethantheorcthatonefears."
"True!"saidAragorn,looseninghisswordinitssheath."Butwherethewarghowls,therealsotheorcprowls."
"IwishIhadtakenElrond’sadvice,"mutteredPippintoSam."Iamnogoodafterall.ThereisnotenoughofthebreedofBandobrastheBullroarerinme:thesehowlsfreezemyblood.Idon’teverrememberfeelingsowretched."
"Myheart’srightdowninmytoes,Mr.Pippin,"saidSam."Butwearen’tettenyet,andtherearesomestoutfolkherewithus.WhatevermaybeinstoreforoldGandalf,I’llwageritisn’tawolf’sbelly."
FortheirdefenceinthenighttheCompanyclimbedtothetopofthesmallhillunderwhichtheyhadbeensheltering.itwascrownedwithaknotofoldandtwistedtrees,aboutwhichlayabrokencircleofboulderstones.
