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The Breaking of the Fellowship
Forsometimetheyhadbeensilent,movingrestlesslyabout;butnowtheyweresittinginacircle,andtheyweretalking.Everynowandagaintheymadeeffortstospeakofotherthings,oftheirlongroadandmanyadventures;theyquestionedAragornconcerningtherealmofGondoranditsancienthistory,andtheremnantsofitsgreatworksthatcouldstillbeseeninthisstrangeborder-landoftheEmynMuil:thestonekingsandtheseatsofLhawandHen,andthegreatStairbesidethefallsofRauros.ButalwaystheirthoughtsandwordsstrayedbacktoFrodoandtheRing.WhatwouldFrodochoosetodo?Whywashehesitating?
"Heisdebatingwhichcourseisthemostdesperate,Ithink,"saidAragorn."Andwellhemay.ItisnowmorehopelessthaneverfortheCompanytogoeast,sincewehavebeentrackedbyGollum,andmustfearthatthesecretofourjourneyisalreadybetrayed.ButMinasTirithisnonearertotheFireandthedestructionoftheBurden.
"Wemayremainthereforawhileandmakeabravestand;buttheLordDenethorandallhismencannothopetodowhatevenElrondsaidwasbeyondhispower:eithertokeeptheBurdensecret.ortoholdoffthefullmightoftheEnemywhenhecomestotakeit.WhichwaywouldanyofuschooseinFrodo’splace?Idonotknow.NowindeedwemissGandalfmost."
"Grievousisourloss,"saidLegolas."Yetwemustneedsmakeupourmindswithouthisaid.Whycannotwedecide,andsohelpFrodo?Letuscallhimbackandthenvote!IshouldvoteforMinasTirith.
