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           Alreadybehindhimamongthegoblindeadlaymanymenandmanydwarves,andmanyafairelfthatshouldhavelivedyetlongagesmerrilyinthewood.Andasthevalleywidenedhisonsetgreweverslower.Hisnumbersweretoofew.Hisflankswereunguarded.Soontheattackerswereattacked,andtheywereforcedintoagreatring,facingeveryway,hemmedallaboutwithgoblinsandwolvesreturningtotheassault.ThebodyguardofBolgcamehowlingagainstthem,anddroveinupontheirrankslikewavesuponcliffsofsand.Theirfriendscouldnothelpthem,fortheassaultfromtheMountainwasrenewedwithredoubledforce,anduponeithersidemenandelveswerebeingslowlybeatendown.

           OnallthisBilbolookedwithmisery.HehadtakenhisstandonRavenhillamongtheElves-partlybecausetherewasmorechanceofescapefromthatpoint,andpartly(withthemoreTookishpartofhismind)becauseifhewasgoingtobeinalastdesperatestand,hepreferredonthewholetodefendtheElvenking.Gandalf,too,Imaysay,wasthere,sittingonthegroundasifindeepthought,preparing,Isuppose,somelastblastofmagicbeforetheend.Thatdidnotseemfaroff."Itwillnotbelongnow,"thoughtBilbo,"beforethegoblinswintheGate,andweareallslaughteredordrivendownandcaptured.Reallyitisenoughtomakeoneweep,afterallonehasgonethrough