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           Soonactualdarknesswascomingintoastormysky;whilestillthegreatbatsswirledabouttheheadsandearsofelvesandmen,orfastenedvampire-likeonthestricken.NowBardwasfightingtodefendtheEasternspur,andyetgivingslowlyback;andtheelf-lordswereatbayabouttheirkinguponthesouthernarm,neartothewatch-postonRavenhill.Suddenlytherewasagreatshout,andfromtheGatecameatrumpetcall.TheyhadforgottenThorin!Partofthewall,movedbylevers,felloutwardwithacrashintothepool.OutleapttheKingundertheMountain,andhiscompanionsfollowedhim.Hoodandcloakweregone;theywereinshiningarmour,andredlightleaptfromtheireyes.Inthegloomthegreatdwarfgleamedlikegoldinadyingfire.

           Rockswereburieddownfromonhighbythegoblinsabove;buttheyheldon.leaptdowntothefalls’foot,andrushedforwardtobattle.Wolfandriderfellorfledbeforethem.Thorinwieldedhisaxewithmightystrokes,andnothingseemedtoharmhim.

           "Tome!Tome!ElvesandMen!Tome!Omykinsfolk!"hecried,andhisvoiceshooklikeahorninthevalley.

           Down,heedlessoforder,rushedallthedwarvesofDaintohishelp.DowntoocamemanyoftheLake-men,forBardcouldnotrestrainthem;andoutupontheothersidecamemanyofthespearmenoftheelves.Onceagainthegoblinswerestrickeninthevalley;andtheywerepiledinheapstillDalewasdarkandhideouswiththeircorpses.TheWargswerescatteredandThorindroverightagainstthebodyguardsofBolg.Buthecouldnotpiercetheirranks.