Властелин колец: Братство кольца
A Journey in the Dark
Whiletheotherswereunrollingblanketsandmakingbedsagainstthewallsofthechamber,asfaraspossiblefromtheholeinthefloor,hecrepttotheedgeandpeeredover.Achillairseemedtostrikehisface,risingfrominvisibledepths.Movedbyasuddenimpulsehegropedforaloosestone,andletitdrop.Hefelthisheartbeatmanytimesbeforetherewasanysound.Thenfarbelow,asifthestonehadfallenintodeepwaterinsomecavernousplace,therecameaplunk,verydistant,butmagnifiedandrepeatedinthehollowshaft.
"What’sthat?"criedGandalf.HewasrelievedwhenPippinconfessedwhathehaddone;buthewasangry,andPippincouldseehiseyeglinting."FoolofaTook!"hegrowled."Thisisaseriousjourney,notahobbitwalking-party.Throwyourselfinnexttime,andthenyouwillbenofurthernuisance.Nowbequiet!"
Nothingmorewasheardforseveralminutes;butthentherecameoutofthedepthsfaintknocks:tom-tap,tap-tom.Theystopped,andwhentheechoeshaddiedaway,theywererepeated:tap-tom,tom-tap,tap-tap,tom.Theysoundeddisquietinglylikesignalsofsomesort;butafterawhiletheknockingdiedawayandwasnotheardagain.
"Thatwasthesoundofahammer,orIhaveneverheardone,"saidGimli.
"Yes,"saidGandalf,"andIdonotlikeit.ItmayhavenothingtodowithPeregrin’sfoolishstone;butprobablysomethinghasbeendisturbedthatwouldhavebeenbetterleftquiet.
