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Where are they with my Precious. Curse them. We hates them. 614 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS It doesnt sound as if he knew we were here, does it. whispered Sam. And whats his Precious. Does he mean the-- Hsh. breathed Frodo. Hes getting near now, near enough to hear a whisper. Indeed Gollum had suddenly paused again, and his large head on its scrawny neck was lolling from side to side as if he was listening. His pale eyes were half unlidded. Sam restrained himself, though his fingers were twitching. His eyes, filled with anger and disgust, were fixed on the wretched creature as he now began to move again, still whispering and hissing to himself. At last he was no more than a dozen feet from the ground, right above their heads. From that point there was a sheer drop, for the cliff was slightly undercut, and even Gollum could not find a hold of any kind. He seemed to be trying to twist round, so as to go legs first, when suddenly with a shrill whistling shriek he fell. As he did so, he pubg quotes for kids his legs and arms up round him, like a spider whose descending thread is snapped. Sam was out of his hiding in a flash and crossed the space between him and the cliff-foot in a couple of leaps. Before Gollum could get up, he was on top of him. But he found Baldurs gate necrotic laboratory puzzle locations more than he bargained for, even taken like that, suddenly, off his guard after a fall. Before Sam could get a hold, long legs and arms were wound round him pinning his arms, and a clinging grip, soft but horribly strong, was squeezing him like slowly tightening cords; clammy fingers were feeling for his throat. Then sharp teeth bit into his shoulder. All he could do was to butt his hard round head sideways into the creatures face. Gollum hissed and spat, but he did not let go. Things would have gone ill with Sam, if he had been alone. But Frodo sprang up, and drew Sting from its sheath. With his left hand he drew back Gollums head by his thin lank hair, stretching his long neck, and forcing his pale venomous eyes to stare up at the sky. Let go. Gollum, he said. This is Sting. You have seen it before once upon a time. Let go, or youll feel it this time. Ill cut your throat. Gollum collapsed and went as loose as wet string. Sam got up, fingering his shoulder. His eyes smouldered with anger, but he could not avenge himself: his miserable enemy lay grovelling on the stones whimpering. Dont hurt us. Dont let them hurt us, precious. They wont hurt us will they, nice little hobbitses. We didnt mean no harm, but they jumps on us like cats on poor mices, they did, precious. And were so lonely, gollum. Well be nice to them, very nice, if theyll be nice to us, wont we, yes, yess. Well, whats to be done with it. said Sam. Tie it up, so as it cant come sneaking after us no more, I say. T HE TAMIN G O F SMEAGO ´ L 615 But that would kill us, kill us, whimpered Gollum. Cruel little hobbitses. Tie us up in the cold hard lands and leave us, gollum, gollum. Sobs welled up in his gobbling throat. No, said Frodo. If Baldurs gate necrotic laboratory puzzle locations kill him, we must kill him outright. But we cant do that, not as things are. Poor wretch. He has done us no harm. Oh hasnt he. said Sam rubbing his shoulder. Anyway he meant to, and he means to, Ill warrant. Throttle us in our sleep, thats his plan. I daresay, said Frodo. But what he means to do is another matter. He paused for a while in thought. Gollum lay still, but stopped whimpering. Sam stood glowering over him. It seemed to Frodo then that he Baldurs gate necrotic laboratory puzzle locations, quite plainly but far off, voices out of the past: What a pity Bilbo did not stab the vile creature, when he had a chance. Pity. It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. I do not feel any pity for Gollum. He deserves death. Deserves death. I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give that to them. Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends. Very well, he answered aloud, lowering his sword. But still I am afraid. And yet, as you see, I will not touch the creature. For now that I see him, I do pity him. Sam stared at his master, who seemed to be speaking to some one who was not there. Gollum lifted his head. Yess, wretched we are, precious, he whined. Misery misery. Hobbits wont kill us, nice hobbits. No, we wont, said Frodo. But Baldurs gate necrotic laboratory puzzle locations wont let you go, either.
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