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With a cry Sam leapt across the floor, Sting in hand. The orc wheeled round, but before it could make a move Sam slashed its whip-hand from its arm. Howling with pain and fear but desperate the orc charged head-down at him. Sams next blow went wide, and thrown off his balance he fell backwards, clutching at the orc as it 910 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS stumbled over him. Before he could scramble up he heard a cry and a thud. The orc in its wild haste had tripped on the ladder-head and fallen through the open trap-door. Sam gave no more thought to it. He ran to the figure huddled on the floor. It was Frodo. He was naked, lying as if in a swoon on a heap of filthy rags: his arm was flung up, shielding his head, and across his side there ran an ugly whip-weal. Frodo. Frodo, my dear. cried Sam, tears almost blinding him. Its Sam, Ive come. He half lifted his master and hugged him to his breast. Frodo opened his eyes. Am I still dreaming. he muttered. But the other dreams were horrible. Youre not dreaming at all, Master, said Sam. Its real. Its me. Ive come. I very pubg mobile download windows 10 yasir consider hardly believe it, said Frodo, clutching him. There was an orc with a whip, and then it turns into Sam. Then I wasnt dreaming after all when I heard that singing down below, and I tried to answer. Was it you. It was indeed, Mr. Frodo. Id given up hope, almost. I couldnt find you. Well, you have now, Sam, dear Sam, said Frodo, and he lay back in Sams gentle arms, closing his eyes, like a child at rest when night-fears are driven away by some loved voice or hand. Sam felt that he could sit like that in endless happiness; but it was not allowed. It was not enough for him to find his master, he had still to try and save him. He kissed Frodos forehead. Come. Wake up, Mr. Frodo. he said, trying to sound as cheerful as he had Baldurs gate 3 physical copy ke he drew back the curtains at Bag End on a summers morning. Frodo sighed and sat up. Where are we. How did I get here. he asked. Theres no time for tales till we get somewhere else, Mr. Frodo, said Sam. But youre in the top of that tower you and me saw from away down by the tunnel before the orcs got you. How long ago that was I dont know. More than a day, I guess. Only that. said Frodo. It seems weeks. You must tell me all about it, if we get a chance. Something hit me, didnt it. And I fell into darkness and foul dreams, and woke and found that waking was worse. Orcs were all round me. I think they had just been pouring some horrible burning drink down my throat. My head grew clear, but I was aching and weary. They stripped me of everything; and then two great brutes came and questioned me, questioned me until I thought I should go mad, standing over me, gloating, fingering their knives. Ill never forget their claws and eyes. T HE T OWER O F CIRIT H UN GO L 911 You wont, if you talk about them, Mr. Frodo, said Sam. And if we dont want to see them again, the sooner we get going the better. Can you walk. Yes, I can walk, said Frodo, getting up slowly. I am not hurt, Sam. Only I feel very tired, and Ive a pain here. He put his hand to the back of his neck above his left shoulder. He stood up, and it looked to Sam as if he was clothed in flame: his naked skin was scarlet in the light of the lamp above. Twice he paced across the floor. Thats better. he said, his spirits rising a little. I didnt dare to move when I was left alone, or one of the guards came. Until the yelling and fighting began. The two big brutes: they quarrelled, I think. Over me and my things. I lay here terrified. And then all went deadly quiet, and that was worse. Yes, they quarrelled, seemingly, said Sam. There must have been a couple of hundred of the dirty creatures in this place. A bit of a tall order for Sam Gamgee, as you might say. But theyve done all the killing of themselves. Thats lucky, but its too long to make a song about, till were out of here. Now whats to be done. You cant go walking in the Black Land in naught but your skin, Mr. Frodo. Theyve taken everything, Sam, said Frodo. Everything I had. Do you understand. Everything. He cowered on the floor again with bowed head, as his own words brought home to him the fullness of the disaster, and despair overwhelmed him. The quest has failed, Sam. Even if we get out of here, we cant escape. Only Elves can escape. Away, away out of Middle-earth, far away over the Sea. If even that is wide enough to keep the Shadow out. No, not everything, Mr. Frodo. And it hasnt failed, not yet. I took it, Mr. Frodo, begging your pardon. And Ive kept it safe. Its round my neck now, and a terrible burden it is, too. Sam fumbled for the Ring and its chain. But I suppose you must take it back. Now it had come to it, Sam felt reluctant to give up the Ring and burden his master with it again. Youve got it. gasped Frodo. Youve got it here. Sam, youre a marvel. Then quickly and strangely his tone changed. Give it to me. he cried, standing up, holding out a trembling hand. Give it me at once. You cant have it. All right, Mr. Frodo, said Sam, rather startled. Here it is. Slowly he drew the Ring out and passed the chain over his head. But youre in the land of Mordor now, sir; and when you get out, youll see the Fiery Mountain and all. Youll find the Ring very dangerous now, and very hard to bear. If its too hard a job, I could share it with you, maybe. No, no. cried Frodo, snatching the Ring and chain from Sams 912 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS hands. No you wont, you thief. He panted, staring at Sam with eyes wide with fear and enmity. Then suddenly, clasping the Ring in one clenched fist, he stood aghast. A mist seemed to clear from his eyes, and he passed a hand over his aching brow. The hideous vision had seemed so real to him, half bemused as he was still with wound and fear. Sam had changed before his very eyes into an orc again, leering and pawing https://rtsgames.cloud/baldurs-gate/baldurs-gate-vampire-treasure.php his treasure, a foul little creature with greedy eyes and slobbering mouth. But now the vision had passed. There was Sam kneeling before him, his face wrung with pain, as if he had been stabbed in the heart; tears more info from his eyes. O Sam. cried Frodo. What have I said. What have I done. Forgive me. After all you have done. It is the horrible power of the Ring. I wish it had never, never, been found. But dont mind me, Sam. I must carry the burden to the end. It cant be altered. You cant come between me and this doom. Thats all right, Mr. Frodo, said Sam, rubbing his sleeve across his eyes. I understand. But I can still help, cant I. Ive here to get you out of here. At once, see. But first you want some clothes and gear, and then some food. The clothes will be the easiest part. As were in Mordor, wed best dress up Mordor-fashion; and anyway there isnt no choice. Itll have to be orc-stuff for you, Mr. Frodo, Im afraid. And for me too. If we go together, wed best match. Now put this round you. Sam unclasped his grey cloak and cast it about Frodos shoulders. Then unslinging his pack he laid it on the floor. He drew Sting from its sheath. Hardly a flicker was to be seen upon its blade. I was forgetting this, Mr. Frodo, he said. No, they didnt get everything. You lent me Sting, if you remember, and the Ladys glass. Ive got them both still. But lend them to me a little longer, Mr. Frodo. I must go and see what I can find. You stay here. Walk about a bit and ease your legs. I shant be long. I shant have to go far. Take care, Sam. said Frodo. And be quick. There may be orcs still alive, lurking in wait. Ive got to chance it, said Sam. He stepped to the trap-door and slipped down the ladder. In a minute his head reappeared. He threw a long knife on the floor. Theres something that might be useful, he said. Hes dead: the one that whipped you. Broke his neck, it seems, in his hurry. Now you draw up the ladder, if you can, Mr. Frodo; and dont you let it down till you hear me call the pass-word. Elbereth Ill call. What the Elves say. No orc would say that. Frodo sat for a while and shivered, more info fears chasing one another through his mind. Then he got up, drew the grey elven-cloak T HE T OWER O F CIRIT H UN GO L 913 about him, and to keep his mind occupied, began to walk to and fro, prying and peering into every corner of his prison. It was not very long, though fear made it seem an hour at least, before he heard Sams voice calling softly from below: Elbereth, Elbereth. Frodo let down the light ladder. Up came Sam, puffing, heaving a great bundle on his head. He let it fall with a thud. Quick now, Mr. Frodo. he said. Ive had a bit of a search to find anything small enough for the likes of us. Well have to make do. But we must hurry. Ive met nothing alive, and Ive seen nothing, but Im not easy. I think this place is being watched. I cant explain it, but well: it feels to me as if one of those foul flying Riders was about, up in the Baldurs gate 3 physical copy ke where he cant be seen. He opened the bundle. Frodo looked in disgust at the contents, but there was nothing for it: he had to put the things on, or go naked. There were long hairy breeches of some unclean beast-fell, and a tunic of dirty leather. He drew them on. Over the tunic went a coat of stout ring-mail, short for a full-sized orc, too long for Frodo and heavy. About it he clasped a belt, at which there hung a short sheath holding a broad-bladed stabbing-sword. Sam had brought several orc-helmets. Pubg buy easypaisa mobile of them fitted Frodo well enough, a black cap with iron rim, and iron hoops covered with leather upon which the Evil Eye was painted in red above the beaklike nose-guard. The Morgul-stuff, Gorbags gear, was a better fit and better made, said Sam; but it wouldnt do, I guess, to go carrying his tokens into Mordor, not after this business here. Well, there you are, Mr. Frodo. A perfect little orc, if I may make so bold at least you would be, if we could cover your face with a mask, give you longer arms, and make you bow-legged. This will hide some of the tell-tales. He put a large black cloak round Frodos shoulders. Now youre ready. You can pick up a shield as we go. What about you, Sam. said Frodo. Arent we going to match. Well, Mr. Frodo, Ive been thinking, said Sam. Id best not leave any of my stuff behind, and we cant destroy it. And I cant wear orc-mail over all my clothes, can I. Ill just have to cover up. He knelt down and carefully folded his elven-cloak. It went into a surprisingly small roll. This he put into his pack that lay on the floor. Standing up, he slung it behind his back, put an orc-helm on his head, and cast another black cloak about his shoulders. There. he said. Now we match, near enough. And now we must be off. I cant go all the way at a run, Sam, said Frodo with a wry smile. I hope youve made inquiries about inns along the road. Or have you forgotten about food and drink. Save me, but so I had. said Sam. He whistled in dismay. Bless me, Mr. Frodo, but youve gone and made me that hungry and 914 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS thirsty. I dont know when drop or morsel last passed my lips. Id forgotten it, trying to find you. But let me think. Last time I looked Id got about enough of that waybread, and of what Captain Faramir gave us, to keep me on my legs for a couple of weeks at a pinch. But if theres a drop left in my bottle, theres no more. Thats not going to be enough for two, nohow. Dont orcs eat, and dont they drink. Or do they just live on foul air and poison. No, they eat and drink, Sam. The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own. I dont think it gave life to the orcs, it only ruined them and twisted them; and if they are to live at all, they have to live like other living creatures.
Only when he was well north of the Tower did he mean to turn and seek for some way to take him east, east on the last desperate stage of his journey. So now they crossed the stony bed and took to the orc-path, and for some time they marched along it. The cliffs at their left were overhung, and they could not be seen from above; but the path made many bends, and at each bend they gripped their sword-hilts and went forward cautiously. The light grew no stronger, for Orodruin was still belching forth a great fume that, beaten upwards by the opposing airs, mounted higher and higher, until it reached a region above the wind and spread in an immeasurable roof, whose central pillar rose out of the shadows beyond their view. They had trudged for more than an hour when they heard a sound that brought them to a halt. Unbelievable, but unmistakable. Water trickling. Out of a gully on the left, so sharp and narrow that it looked games for pc if the black cliff had been cloven by some huge axe, water came dripping down: the last remains, maybe, of some sweet rain gathered from sunlit seas, but ill-fated to fall at last upon the walls of the Black Land and wander fruitless down into the dust. Here it came out of the rock in a little falling streamlet, and flowed across the path, and turning south ran away swiftly to be lost among the dead stones. Sam sprang towards it. If ever I see the Lady again, I will tell her. he cried. Light and now water. Then he stopped. Let me drink first, Mr. Frodo, he said. All right, but theres room enough for two. T HE LAND O F SHAD OW 921 I didnt mean that, said Sam. I mean: if its poisonous, or something that will show its badness quick, well, better me than you, master, if you understand me. I do. But I think well trust our luck together, Sam; or our blessing. Still, be careful now, if its very cold. The click here was cool but not icy, and it had an unpleasant taste, at once bitter and oily, or so they would have said at home. Here it seemed beyond all praise, and beyond fear or prudence. They drank their fill, and Sam replenished his water-bottle. After that Frodo felt easier, and they went on for several miles, until the broadening of the road and the beginnings of a rough wall along its edge warned Call of duty hd wallpaper background that they were drawing near to another orc-hold. This is where we turn aside, Sam, said Frodo. And we must turn east. He sighed as he looked at the gloomy ridges across the valley. I have just about enough strength left to find some hole away up there. And then I must rest a little. The river-bed was now some way below the path. They scrambled down to it, and began to cross it. To their surprise they came upon dark pools fed by threads of water trickling down from some source higher up the valley. Upon its outer marges under the westward mountains Mordor was a dying land, but it was not yet dead. And here things still grew, harsh, twisted, bitter, struggling is steam wand life. In the glens of the Morgai on the other side of the valley Call of duty hd wallpaper background scrubby trees lurked and clung, coarse grey grass-tussocks fought with the stones, and withered mosses crawled on them; and everywhere great writhing, tangled brambles sprawled. Some had long stabbing thorns, some hooked barbs that rent like knives. The sullen shrivelled leaves of a past year hung on them, grating and rattling in the sad airs, but their maggot-ridden buds were only just opening. Flies, dun or grey, or black, marked like orcs with a red eye-shaped blotch, buzzed and stung; and above the briar-thickets clouds of hungry midges danced and reeled. Orc-gears no good, said Sam waving his arms. I wish Id got an orcs hide. At last Frodo could go no further. They had climbed up a narrow shelving ravine, but they still had a long way to go before they could even come in sight of the last craggy ridge. I must rest now, Sam, and sleep if I can, said Frodo. He looked about, but there seemed nowhere even for an animal to crawl into in this dismal country. At length, tired out, they slunk under a curtain of brambles that hung down like a mat over a low rock-face. There they sat and made such a meal as they could. Keeping back the precious lembas for the evil days learn more here, they ate the half of what 922 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS remained in Sams bag of Faramirs provision: some dried fruit, and a small slip of cured meat; and they sipped some water. They had drunk again from the pools in the valley, but they were Call of duty hd wallpaper background thirsty again. There was a bitter tang in the air of Mordor that dried the mouth. When Sam thought of water even his hopeful spirit quailed. Beyond the Morgai there was the dreadful plain of Gorgoroth to cross. Now you go to sleep first, Mr. Frodo, he said. Its getting dark again. I reckon this day is nearly over. Frodo sighed and was asleep almost before the words were spoken. Sam struggled with his own weariness, and he took Frodos hand; and there he sat silent till deep night fell. Then at last, to keep himself awake, he crawled from the hiding-place and looked out. The land seemed full of creaking and cracking and sly noises, but there was no crysis game of voice or of foot. Far above the Ephel Du´ ath in the West the night-sky was still dim and pale. There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach. His song in the Tower had been defiance rather than hope; for then he was thinking of himself. Now, for a moment, his own opinion apex legends best marksman rifle really, and even his masters, Call of duty hd wallpaper background to trouble him. He crawled back into the brambles and laid himself by Frodos side, and putting away all fear he cast himself into a deep untroubled sleep. They woke together, hand in hand.
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