Властелин колец: Братство кольца
The Breaking of the Fellowship
Hecametoapath,thedwindlingruinsofaroadoflongago.Insteepplacesstairsofstonehadbeenhewn,butnowtheywerecrackedandworn,andsplitbytherootsoftrees.Forsomewhileheclimbed,notcaringwhichwayhewent,untilhecametoagrassyplace.Rowan-treesgrewaboutit,andinthemidstwasawideflatstone.ThelittleuplandlawnwasopenupontheEastandwasfillednowwiththeearlysunlight.FrodohaltedandlookedoutovertheRiver,farbelowhim,toTolBrandirandthebirdswheelinginthegreatgulfofairbetweenhimandtheuntroddenisle.ThevoiceofRauroswasamightyroaringmingledwithadeepthrobbingboom.
Hesatdownuponthestoneandcuppedhischininhishands,staringeastwardsbutseeinglittlewithhiseyes.AllthathadhappenedsinceBilbolefttheShirewaspassingthroughhismind,andherecalledandponderedeverythingthathecouldrememberofGandalf’swords.Timewenton,andstillhewasnonearertoachoice.
Suddenlyheawokefromhisthoughts:astrangefeelingcametohimthatsomethingwasbehindhim,thatunfriendlyeyeswereuponhim.Hesprangupandturned;butallthathesawtohissurprisewasBoromir,andhisfacewassmilingandkind.
"Iwasafraidforyou,Frodo,"hesaid,comingforward."IfAragornisrightandOrcsarenear,thennoneofusshouldwanderalone,andyouleastofall:somuchdependsonyou.Andmyhearttooisheavy.MayIstaynowandtalkforawhile,sinceIhavefoundyou?Itwouldcomfortme.
