Властелин колец: Братство кольца
The Bridge of Khazad-dum
"IguessthatitbeganwiththeircomingtoDimrillDalenighonthirtyyearsago:thepagesseemtohavenumbersreferringtotheyearsaftertheirarrival.Thetoppageismarkedone-three,soatleasttwoaremissingfromthebeginning.Listentothis!
’Wedroveoutorcsfromthegreatgateandguard-Ithink;thenextwordisblurredandburned;probablyroom-weslewmanyinthebright-Ithink-suninthedale.Floiwaskilledbyanarrow.Heslewthegreat.ThenthereisablurfollowedbyFloiundergrassnearMirrormere.ThenextlineortwoIcannotread.ThencomesWehavetakenthetwentyfirsthallofNorthendtodwellin.ThereisIcannotreadwhat.Ashaftismentioned.ThenBalinhassetuphisseatintheChamberofMazarbul."
"TheChamberofRecords,"saidGimli."Iguessthatiswherewenowstand."
"Well,Icanreadnomoreforalongway,"saidGandalf,"exceptthewordgold,andDurin’sAxeandsomethinghelm.ThenBalinisnowlordofMoria.Thatseemstoendachapter.Aftersomestarsanotherhandbegins,andIcanseewefoundtruesilver,andlaterthewordwellforgedandthensomething,Ihaveit!mithril;andthelasttwolinesOintoseekfortheupperarmouriesofThirdDeep,somethinggowestwards,ablur,toHollingate."
Gandalfpausedandsetafewleavesaside."Thereareseveralpagesofthesamesort,ratherhastilywrittenandmuchdamaged,hesaid;"butIcanmakelittleoftheminthislight.
