Властелин колец: Братство кольца
A Journey in the Dark
Themorningwaspassingtowardsnoon,andstilltheCompanywanderedandscrambledinabarrencountryofredstones.Nowherecouldtheyseeanygleamofwaterorhearanysoundofit.Allwasbleakanddry.Theirheartssank.Theysawnolivingthing,andnotabirdwasinthesky;butwhatthenightwouldbring,ifitcaughttheminthatlostland,noneofthemcaredtothink.
SuddenlyGimli,whohadpressedonahead,calledbacktothem.Hewasstandingonaknollandpointingtotheright.Hurryinguptheysawbelowthemadeepandnarrowchannel.Itwasemptyandsilent,andhardlyatrickleofwaterflowedamongthebrownandred-stainedstonesofitsbed;butonthenearsidetherewasapath,muchbrokenanddecayed,thatwounditswayamongtheruinedwallsandpaving-stonesofanancienthighroad.
"Ah!Hereitisatlast!"saidGandalf."Thisiswherethestreamran:Sirannon,theGate-stream,theyusedtocallit.Butwhathashappenedtothewater,Icannotguess;itusedtobeswiftandnoisy.Come!Wemusthurryon.Wearelate."
TheCompanywerefootsoreandtired;buttheytrudgeddoggedlyalongtheroughandwindingtrackformanymiles.Thesunturnedfromthenoonandbegantogowest.Afterabriefhaltandahastymealtheywentonagain.Beforethemthemountainsfrowned,buttheirpathlayinadeeptroughoflandandtheycouldseeonlythehighershouldersandthefareastwardpeaks.
Atlengththeycametoasharpbend.
