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A Journey in the Dark
Pray,donothingofthekindagain!Letushopeweshallgetsomerestwithoutfurthertrouble.You,Pippin,cangoonthefirstwatch,asareward,"hegrowled,asherolledhimselfinablanket.
Pippinsatmiserablybythedoorinthepitchdark;buthekeptonturninground,fearingthatsomeunknownthingwouldcrawlupoutofthewell.Hewishedhecouldcoverthehole,ifonlywithablanket,buthedarednotmoveorgonearit,eventhoughGandalfseemedtobeasleep.
ActuallyGandalfwasawake,thoughlyingstillandsilent.Hewasdeepinthought,tryingtorecalleverymemoryofhisformerjourneyintheMines,andconsideringanxiouslythenextcoursethatheshouldtake;afalseturnnowmightbedisastrous.AfteranhourheroseupandcameovertoPippin.
"Getintoacornerandhaveasleep,mylad,"hesaidinakindlytone."Youwanttosleep,Iexpect.Icannotgetawink,soImayaswelldothewatching."
"Iknowwhatisthematterwithme,"hemuttered,ashesatdownbythedoor."Ineedsmoke!Ihavenottasteditsincethemorningbeforethesnowstorm."
ThelastthingthatPippinsaw,assleeptookhim,wasadarkglimpseoftheoldwizardhuddledonthefloor,shieldingaglowingchipinhisgnarledhandsbetweenhisknees.Theflickerforamomentshowedhissharpnose.andthepuffofsmoke.
ItwasGandalfwhorousedthemallfromsleep.Hehadsatandwatchedallaloneforaboutsixhours,andhadlettheothersrest.
