Властелин колец: Братство кольца
A Journey in the Dark
Whenhelaydownhequicklywenttosleep,butitseemedtohimthatthedreamwenton:heheardwhispers,andsawthetwopalepointsoflightapproaching,slowly.Hewokeandfoundthattheotherswerespeakingsoftlynearhim,andthatadimlightwasfallingonhisface.Highupabovetheeasternarchwaythroughashaftneartheroofcamealongpalegleam;andacrossthehallthroughthenorthernarchlightalsoglimmeredfaintanddistantly.
Frodosatup."Goodmorning!"saidGandalf:"Formorningitisagainatlast.Iwasright,yousee.WearehighupontheeastsideofMoria.BeforetodayisoverweoughttofindtheGreatGatesandseethewatersofMirrormerelyingintheDimrillDalebeforeus."
"Ishallbeglad,"saidGimli."IhavelookedonMoria,anditisverygreat,butithasbecomedarkanddreadful;andwehavefoundnosignofmykindred.IdoubtnowthatBalinevercamehere."
AftertheyhadbreakfastedGandalfdecidedtogoonagainatonce."Wearetired,butweshallrestbetterwhenweareoutside,"hesaid."IthinkthatnoneofuswillwishtospendanothernightinMoria."
"Noindeed!"saidBoromir."Whichwayshallwetake?Yondereastwardarch?"
"Maybe,"saidGandalf."ButIdunotknowyetexactlywhereweare.UnlessIamquiteastray,IguessthatweareaboveandtothenorthoftheGreatGates;anditmaynotbeeasytofindtherightroaddowntothem.
