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´ ´ Tell the e´ored to assemble on the path, and make ready to ride to the Entwade. Muttering Eothain ´ retired, and spoke to the others. Soon they drew off and ´ left Eomer alone with the three companions. All that you say is strange, Aragorn, he said. Yet you speak the truth, that is plain: the Men of the Mark do not lie, and therefore they are not easily deceived. But you have not told all. Will you not now speak more fully of your errand, so that I may judge what to do. I set out from Imladris, as it is named in the rhyme, many weeks ago, answered Aragorn. With me went Boromir of Minas Tirith. My errand was to go to that city with the son of Denethor, to aid his folk in their war against Sauron. But the Company that I journeyed with had other business. Of that I cannot speak now. Gandalf the Grey was our leader. ´ Gandalf. Eomer exclaimed. Gandalf Greyhame is known in the Mark; but his name, I warn you, is no longer a password to the kings favour. He has been a guest in the land many times in the memory of men, coming as he will, after a season, or after many years. He is ever the herald of strange events: a bringer of evil, some now say. Indeed since his last coming in the summer all things have gone amiss. At that time our trouble with Saruman began. Until then we counted Saruman our friend, but Gandalf came then and warned us that sudden war was preparing in Isengard. He said that he himself had been a prisoner in Orthanc and had hardly escaped, and he begged for help. But The´oden would not listen to him, and he went away. Speak not the name of Gandalf loudly in The´odens ears. He is wroth. For Gandalf link the horse that is called Shadowfax, the most precious of all the kings steeds, chief of the Mearas, which only the Lord of the Mark may ride. For the sire of their race was the great horse of Eorl that knew the speech of Men. Seven nights ago Shadowfax returned; but the kings anger is not less, for now the horse is wild and will let no man handle him. Then Shadowfax has found his way alone from the far North, said Aragorn; for it was there that he and Gandalf parted. But alas. Gandalf will ride no longer. He fell into darkness in the Mines of Moria and comes not again. ´ That is heavy tidings, said Eomer. At least to me, and to many; though not to all, as you may find, if you come to the king. It is tidings more grievous than any in this land can understand, 436 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS though it may touch them sorely ere the year is much older, said Aragorn. But when the great fall, the baldurs gate warlock item must lead. My part it has been to guide our Company on the long road from Moria. Through Lo´rien we came of which it were well that you should learn the truth ere you speak of it again and thence down the leagues of the Great River to the falls of Rauros. There Boromir was slain by the same Orcs whom you destroyed. ´ Your news is all of woe. cried Eomer in dismay. Great harm is this death to Minas Tirith, and to us all. That was a worthy man. All spoke his praise. He came seldom to the Mark, for he was ever in the wars on the East-borders; but I have seen him. More like to the swift sons of Eorl than to the grave Men of Gondor he seemed to me, and likely to prove a great captain of his people when his time came. But we have had no word of this grief out of Gondor. When did he fall. It is now the fourth day since he was slain, answered Aragorn; and since the evening of that day we have journeyed from the shadow of Tol Brandir. On foot. cried Eomer. ´ Yes, even as you see us. Wide wonder came into Eomers eyes. Strider is too poor a name, ´ son of Arathorn, he said. Wingfoot I name you. This deed of the three friends should be sung in many a hall. Forty leagues and five you have measured ere the fourth day is ended. Hardy is the race of Elendil. But now, lord, what would you have me do. I must return in haste to The´oden. I spoke warily before my men. It is true that we are not yet at open war with the Black Land, and there are some, close to the kings ear, that speak craven counsels; but war is coming. We shall not forsake our old alliance with Gondor, and while they fight we shall aid them: so say I and all who hold with me. The East-mark is my charge, the ward of the Third Marshal, and I have removed all our herds and herdfolk, withdrawing them beyond Entwash, and leaving none here but guards and swift scouts. Then you do not pay tribute to Sauron. said Gimli. ´ We do not and we never have, said Eomer with a flash of his eyes; though it comes to my ears that that lie has been told. Some years ago the Lord of the Black Land wished to purchase horses of us at great price, but we refused him, for he puts beasts to evil use. Then he sent plundering Orcs, and they carry off what they can, choosing always the black read more few of these are now left. For that reason our feud with the Orcs is bitter. But at this time our chief concern is with Saruman. He has claimed lordship over all this land, and there has been war between us for T HE RIDER S O F R O HA N 437 many months. He has taken Orcs into his service, and Wolf-riders, and evil Men, and he has closed the Gap against us, so that we are likely to be beset both east and west. It is ill dealing with such a foe: he is a wizard both cunning and dwimmer-crafty, having many guises. He walks here and there, they say, as an old man hooded and cloaked, very like to Gandalf, as many now recall. His spies slip through every net, and his birds of ill omen are abroad in the sky. I do not know how it will all end, and my heart misgives me; for it seems to me that his friends do not all dwell in Isengard. But if you come to the kings house, you shall see for yourself. Will you not come. Do I hope in just click for source that you have been sent to me for a help in doubt and need. I will come when I may, said Aragorn. ´ Come now. said Eomer. The Heir of Elendil would be a strength indeed to the Sons of Eorl in this evil tide. There is battle even now upon the Westemnet, and I fear that it may go ill for us. Indeed in this riding north I went without the kings leave, for in my absence his house is left with little guard. But scouts warned me of the orc-host coming down out of the East Wall four nights ago, and among them they reported that some bore the white badges of Saruman. So suspecting what I most fear, a league between Orthanc and the Dark Tower, I led forth my e´ored, men of my own household; and we overtook the Orcs at nightfall two days ago, near to the borders of the Entwood. There we surrounded them, and gave battle yesterday at dawn. Fifteen of my men I lost, and twelve horses alas. For the Orcs were greater in number than we counted on. Others joined them, coming out of the East across the Great River: their trail is plain to see a little north of this spot. And others, too, came out of the forest. Great Orcs, who also bore the White Hand of Isengard: that kind is stronger and more fell than all others. Nonetheless we put an end to them. But we have been too long away. We are needed south and west. Will you not come. There are spare horses as you see. There is work for the Sword to do. Yes, and we could find a use for Gimlis axe and the bow of Legolas, if they will pardon my rash words concerning the Lady of the Wood. I spoke only as do all men in my land, and I would gladly learn better. I thank you for your fair words, said Aragorn, and my heart desires to come with you; but I cannot desert my friends while hope remains. Hope does not remain, said Eomer. You will not find your ´ friends on the North-borders. Yet my friends are not behind. We found a clear token not far from the East Wall that one at least of them was still alive there. But between the wall and the downs we have found no other trace of 438 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS them, and no trail has turned aside, this way or that, unless my skill has wholly left me. Then what do you think has become of them. I do not know. They may have been slain and burned among the Orcs; but that you here say cannot be, and I do not fear it. I can only think that they were carried off into the forest before the battle, even before you encircled your foes, maybe. Can you swear that none escaped your net in such a way. I would swear that no Orc escaped after we sighted them, said Eomer. We reached the forest-eaves before them, and if after that ´ any living thing broke through our ring, then it was no Orc and had some Elvish power. Our friends were attired even as we are, said Aragorn; and you passed us by under the full light of day. I had forgotten that, said Eomer. ´ It is hard to be sure of anything among so many marvels. The world is all grown strange. Elf and Dwarf in company walk in our daily fields; and folk speak with the Lady of the Wood and yet live; and the Sword comes back to war that was broken in the long ages ere the fathers of our fathers rode into the Mark. How shall a man judge what to do in such times. As he ever has judged, said Aragorn. Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. It is a mans part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house. True indeed, said Eomer. ´ But I do not doubt you, nor the deed which my heart would do. Yet I am not free to do all as I would. It is against our law to let strangers wander at will in our land, until the king himself shall give them leave, and more strict is the command in these days of peril. I have begged you to come back willingly with me, and you will not. Loth am I to begin a battle of one hundred against three. I do not think your law was made for such a chance, said Aragorn. Nor indeed am I a stranger; for I have been in this land before, more than once, and ridden with the host of the Rohirrim, though under other name and in other guise. You I have not seen before, for you are young, but ´ I have spoken with Eomund your father, and with The´oden son of Thengel. Never in former days would any high lord of this land have constrained a man to abandon such a quest as mine. My duty at ´ least is clear, to go on. Come now, son of Eomund, the choice must be made at last. Aid us, or at the worst let us go free. Or seek to carry out your law. If you do so there will be fewer to return to your war or to your king. Eomer ´ was silent for a moment, then he spoke. We both have need of haste, he said. My company chafes to be away, and every T HE RIDER S O F R O HA N 439 hour lessens your hope. This is my choice. You may go; and what is more, I will lend you horses. This only I ask: when your quest is achieved, or is proved vain, return with the horses over the Entwade to Meduseld, the high house in Edoras where The´oden now sits. Thus you shall prove to him that I have not misjudged. In this I place myself, Fallout 4 mods greyed out maybe my very life, in the keeping of your good faith. Do not fail. I will not, said Aragorn. There was great wonder, and many dark and doubtful glances, among his men, when Eomer ´ gave orders that the spare horses were to be lent to the strangers; but only Eothain dared to speak openly. ´ It may be well enough for this lord of the race of Gondor, as he claims, he said, but who has heard of a horse of the Mark being given to a Dwarf. No one, said Gimli. And do not trouble: no one will ever hear of it. I would sooner walk than sit on the back of any beast so great, free or begrudged. But you must ride now, or you will hinder us, said Aragorn. Come, you shall sit behind me, friend Gimli, said Legolas. Then all will be well, and you need neither borrow a horse nor be troubled by one. A great dark-grey horse was brought to Aragorn, and he mounted ´ it. Hasufel is his name, said Eomer. May he bear you well and to better fortune than Ga´rulf, his late master. A smaller and lighter horse, but restive and fiery, was brought to Legolas. Arod was his name. But Legolas asked them to take off saddle and rein. I need them not, he said, and leaped lightly up, and to their wonder Arod was tame and willing beneath him, moving here and there with but a spoken word: such was the Elvish way with all good beasts. Gimli was lifted Fallout 4 mods greyed out behind his friend, and he clung to him, not much more at ease than Sam Gamgee in a boat. ´ Farewell, and may you find what you seek. cried Eomer. Return with what speed you may, and let our click at this page hereafter shine together. I will come, said Aragorn. And I will come,too,said Gimli. The matter oftheLady Galadriel lies still between us. I have yet to teach you gentle speech. ´ We shall see, said Eomer. So many strange things have chanced that to learn the praise of a fair lady under the loving strokes of a Dwarfs axe will seem no great wonder. Farewell. With that they parted. Very swift were the horses of Rohan. When after a little Gimli looked back, the company of Eomer ´ were already 440 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS small and far away. Aragorn did not look back: he was watching the trail as they sped on their way, bending low with his head beside the neck of Hasufel. Before long they came to the borders of the Entwash, and ´ there they met the other trail of which Eomer had spoken, coming down from the East out of the Wold. Aragorn dismounted and surveyed the ground, then leaping back into the saddle, he rode away for some distance eastward, keeping to one side and taking care not to override the footprints. Then Fallout 4 mods greyed out again dismounted and examined the ground, going backwards and forwards on foot. There is little to discover, he said when he returned. The main trail is all confused with the passage of the horsemen as they came back; their outward course must have lain nearer the river. But this eastward trail is fresh and clear. There is no sign there of any feet going the other way, back towards Anduin. Now we must ride slower, and make sure that no trace or footstep branches off on either side. The Orcs must have been aware from this point that they were pursued; they may have made some attempt to get their captives away before they were overtaken. As they rode forward the day was overcast. Low grey clouds came over the Wold. A mist shrouded the sun. Ever nearer the tree-clad slopes of Fangorn loomed, slowly darkling as the sun went west. They saw no sign of any trail to right or left, but here and there they passed single Orcs, fallen in their tracks as they ran, with greyfeathered arrows sticking in back or throat. At last as the afternoon was waning they came to the eaves of the forest, and in an open glade among the first trees they found the place of the great burning: the ashes were still hot and smoking. Beside it was a great pile of helms and mail, cloven shields, and broken swords, bows and darts and other gear of war. Upon a stake in the middle was set a great goblin head; upon its shattered helm the white badge could still be seen. Further away, not far from the river, where it came streaming out from the edge of the wood, there was a mound. It was newly raised: the raw earth was covered with fresh-cut turves: about it were planted fifteen spears. Aragorn and his companions searched far and wide about the field of battle, but the light faded, and evening soon drew down, dim and misty. By nightfall they had discovered no trace of Merry and Pippin. We can do no more, said Gimli sadly. We have been set many riddles since we came to Tol Brandir, but this is the hardest to unravel. I would guess that the burned bones of the hobbits are now mingled with the Orcs. It will be hard news for Frodo, if he lives to T HE RIDER S O F R O HA N 441 hear it; and hard too for the old hobbit who waits in Rivendell. Elrond was against their coming. But Gandalf was not, said Legolas. But Gandalf chose to come himself, and he was the first to be lost, answered Gimli. His foresight failed him. The counsel of Gandalf was not founded on foreknowledge of safety, for himself or for others, said Aragorn. There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark. But I shall not depart from this place yet. In any case we must here await the morning-light. A little way beyond the battle-field they made their camp under a spreading tree: it looked like a chestnut, and yet it still bore many broad brown leaves of a former year, like dry hands with long splayed fingers; they rattled mournfully in the night-breeze. Gimli shivered. They had brought only one blanket read article. Let us light a fire, he said. I care no longer for the danger. Let the Orcs come as thick as summer-moths round a candle. If those unhappy hobbits are astray in the woods, it might draw them hither, said Legolas. And it might draw other things, neither Orc nor Hobbit, said Aragorn. We are near to the mountain-marches of the traitor Saruman. Also we are on the very edge of Fangorn, and it is perilous to touch the trees of that wood, it is said. But the Rohirrim made a great burning here yesterday, said Gimli, and they felled trees for the fire, as can be seen. Yet they passed the night after safely here, when their labour was ended. They were many, said Aragorn, and they do not heed the wrath of Fangorn, for they come here seldom, and they do not go under the trees. But our paths are likely to lead us into the very forest itself. So have a care. Cut no living wood. There is no need, said Gimli. The Riders have left chip and bough enough, and there is dead wood lying in plenty. He went off to gather fuel, and busied himself with building and kindling a fire; but Aragorn sat silent with his back to the great tree, deep in thought; and Legolas stood alone in the open, looking towards the profound shadow of the wood, leaning forward, as one who listens to voices calling from a distance. When the Dwarf had a small bright blaze going, the three companions drew close to it and sat together, shrouding the light with their hooded forms. Legolas looked up at the boughs of the tree reaching out above them. Look. he said. The tree is glad of the fire. It may have been that the dancing shadows tricked their eyes, but 442 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS certainly to each of the companions the boughs appeared to be bending this way click to see more that so as to come above the flames, while the upper branches were stooping down; the brown leaves now stood out stiff, and rubbed together like many cold cracked hands taking comfort in the warmth. There was a silence, for suddenly the dark and unknown forest, so near at hand, made itself felt as a great brooding presence, full of secret purpose. After a while Legolas spoke again. Celeborn warned us not to go far into Fangorn, he said. Do you know why, Aragorn. What are the fables of the forest that Boromir had heard. I have heard many tales in Gondor and elsewhere, said Aragorn, but if it were not for the words of Celeborn I should deem them only fables that Men have made as true knowledge fades.

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