Властелин колец: Братство кольца
The Great River
Theboatswereallhuddledtogether.
"Hoythere,Aragorn!"shoutedBoromir,ashisboatbumpedintotheleader."Thisismadness!WecannotdaretheRapidsbynight!ButnoboatcanliveinSarnGebir,beitnightorday."
"Back,back!"criedAragorn."Turn!Turnifyoucan!"Hedrovehispaddleintothewater,tryingtoholdtheboatandbringitround.
"Iamoutofmyreckoning,"hesaidtoFrodo."Ididnotknowthatwehadcomesofar:AnduinflowsfasterthanIthought.SarnGebirmustbecloseathandalready."
Withgreateffortstheycheckedtheboatsandslowlybroughtthemabout;butatfirsttheycouldmakeonlysmallheadwayagainstthecurrent,andallthetimetheywerecarriednearerandnearertotheeasternbank.Nowdarkandominousitloomedupinthenight.
"Alltogether,paddle!"shoutedBoromir."Paddle!Orweshallbedrivenontheshoals."EvenashespokeFrodofeltthekeelbeneathhimgrateuponstone.
Atthatmomenttherewasatwangofbowstrings:severalarrowswhistledoverthem,andsomefellamongthem.OnesmoteFrodobetweentheshouldersandhelurchedforwardwithacry,lettinggohispaddle:butthearrowfellback.foiledbyhishiddencoatofmail.AnotherpassedthroughAragorn’shood;andathirdstoodfastinthegunwaleofthesecondboat,closebyMerry’shand.Samthoughthecouldglimpseblackfiguresrunningtoandfrouponthelongshingle-banksthatlayundertheeasternshore.Theyseemedverynear.
