‘Hey you!' he said roughly. ‘What are you up to?'
'Nothing, nothing,' said Gollum softly. ‘Nice Master!'
‘I daresay,' said Sam. 'But where have you been to -- sneaking off and sneaking back, you old villain? '
Gollum withdrew himself, and a green glint flickered under his heavy lids. Almost spider-like he looked now, crouched back on his bent limbs, with his protruding eyes. The fleeting moment had passed, beyond recall. ‘Sneaking, sneaking!' he hissed. 'Hobbits always so polite, yes. O nice hobbits! Sméagol brings them up secret ways that nobody else could find. Tired he is, thirsty he is, yes thirsty; and he guides them and he searches for paths, and they say sneak, sneak. Very nice friends, O yes my precious, very nice.'
Sam felt a bit remorseful, though not more trustful... (查看原文)
A long-drawn wail came down the wind,like the cry of some evil and lonely creature.It rose and fell,and ended on a high piercing note.Even as they sat and stood,as if suddenly frozen,it was answered by another cry,fainter and further off,but no less chilling to the blood. (查看原文)
There live still those of whom Lúthien was the foremother,and it's said that her line shall never fail.Elrond of Rivendell is of that Kin.For of Beren and Lúthien was born Dior Thingol's heir; (查看原文)
All of them,it seemed,had fared alike: each had felt that he was offered a choice between a shadow full of fear that lay ahead,and something that he greatly desired : clear before his mind it lay,and to get it he had only to turn aside from the road and leave the Quest and the war against Sauron to others. (查看原文)
