Tolkien, J. R. R - The Lord of the Rings [Omnibus] by Tolkien J. R. R

Author:Tolkien, J. R. R [Tolkien, J. R. R]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy - Epic, Classics, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Tolkien, Fantasy Fiction, Fiction - Fantasy, General, Fiction, Fantasy, Baggins, Frodo (Fictitious character), 1892-1973, English, Epic, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)
ISBN: 9780618640157
Google: XApOPwAACAAJ
Amazon: 0544003411
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Goodreads: 33
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009-04-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 2

THE PASSAGE OF THE MARSHES

Gollum moved quickly, with his head and neck thrust forward, often using his hands as well as his feet. Frodo and Sam were hard put to it to keep up with him; but he seemed no longer to have any thought of escaping, and if they fell behind, he would turn and wait for them. After a time he brought them to the brink of the narrow gully that they had struck before; but they were now further from the hills.

‘Here it is!’ he cried. ‘There is a way down inside, yes. Now we follows it – out, out away over there.’ He pointed south and east towards the marshes. The reek of them came to their nostrils, heavy and foul even in the cool night air.

Gollum cast up and down along the brink, and at length he called to them. ‘Here! We can get down here. Sméagol went this way once: I went this way, hiding from Orcs.’

He led the way, and following him the hobbits climbed down into the gloom. It was not difficult, for the rift was at this point only some fifteen feet deep and about a dozen across. There was running water at the bottom: it was in fact the bed of one of the many small rivers that trickled down from the hills to feed the stagnant pools and mires beyond. Gollum turned to the right, southward more or less, and splashed along with his feet in the shallow stony stream. He seemed greatly delighted to feel the water, and chuckled to himself, sometimes even croaking in a sort of song.

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