LR 1.08 Fog on the Barrow-downs

1.08.000 {h} Fog on the Barrow-downs

1.08.001 {p} That night they … sunrise.

1.08.002 {p} The vision melted … gold.

1.08.003 {p} After breakfast, which … speed.

1.08.004 {p} They rode off … stopped.

1.08.005 {p} ‘Goldberry!’ he cried. … danced.

1.08.006 {p} They hastened up … mountains.

1.08.007 {p} They took a … Mountains.

1.08.008 {p} Goldberry spoke to … meeting!’

1.08.009 {p} But Frodo found … hill.

1.08.010 {ps} Their way wound … heavy.

1.08.011 {p} About mid-day they … days.’

1.08.012 {p} ‘Splendid!’ said Frodo. … gums.

1.08.013 {p} That view was … grass.

1.08.014 {ps} Riding over the … down.

1.08.015 {p} The hobbits sprang … stone.

1.08.016 {p} They felt as … work.

1.08.017 {p} Soon they were … fog.

1.08.018 {ps} Their going was … free.

1.08.019 {p} ‘Come on! Follow … him.

1.08.020 {p} ‘Sam!’ he called. … up?’

1.08.021 {p} There was no … uphill.

1.08.022 {p} As he struggled … up.

1.08.023 {p} Only the change … dark.

1.08.024 {p} ‘Where are you?’ … miserably.

1.08.025 {ps} There was no … grass.

1.08.026 {p} He imagined suddenly … there.

1.08.027 {p} ‘Where are you?’ … afraid.

1.08.028 {p} ‘Here!’ said a … you!’

1.08.029 {p} ‘No!’ said Frodo; … more.

1.08.030 {ps} When he came … breast.

1.08.031 {p} But though his … prey.

1.08.032 {p} As he lay … sword.

1.08.033 {ps} Suddenly a song … incantation:

1.08.034 {lg} Cold be hand … land.

1.08.035 {p} He heard behind … him.

1.08.036 {p} At first Frodo … do.

1.08.037 {p} But the courage … noise.

1.08.038 {p} Frodo fell forward … trumpet.

1.08.039 {lg} Ho! Tom Bombadil, … us!

1.08.040 {p} There was a … singing:

1.08.041 {lg} Old Tom Bombadil … faster.

1.08.042 {p} There was a … asleep.

1.08.043 {p} Tom stooped, removed … singing:

1.08.044 {lg} Get out, you … mended.

1.08.045 {p} At these words … silence.

1.08.046 {p} ‘Come, friend Frodo!’ … them.’

1.08.047 {p} Together they carried … sunshine.

1.08.048 {p} There he stood, … voice:

1.08.049 {lg} Wake now my … open!

1.08.050 {p} To Frodo’s great … trinkets.

1.08.051 {p} ‘What in the … Frodo?’

1.08.052 {p} ‘I thought that … on!’

1.08.053 {p} ‘Dressed up like … hand.

1.08.054 {p} ‘You won’t find … eyes.

1.08.055 {p} ‘What do you … not?’

1.08.056 {p} But Tom shook … a-hunting!’

1.08.057 {p} He sprang away … crying:

1.08.058 {lg} Hey! now! Come … Lumpkin!

1.08.059 {p} So he sang, … south.

1.08.060 {ps} The air was … promise.

1.08.061 {p} By the time … hobbits.

1.08.062 {p} ‘Here are your … burdens!’

1.08.063 {p} Merry, Sam, and … winter.

1.08.064 {p} ‘Where does that … Frodo.

1.08.065 {p} ‘He’s mine,’ said … them.’

1.08.066 {p} The hobbits were … waiting.’

1.08.067 {ps} It was still … last:

1.08.068 {p} ‘Here is a … her!’

1.08.069 {p} For each of … sun.

1.08.070 {p} ‘Old knives are … Angmar.

1.08.071 {p} ‘Few now remember … heedless.’

1.08.072 {p} The hobbits did … them.

1.08.073 {ps} At last they … view.

1.08.074 {p} Though Frodo looked … delight.

1.08.075 {p} They went forward … much.

1.08.076 {p} They climbed down … water.

1.08.077 {p} They rode down … trail.’

1.08.078 {p} The others looked … empty.

1.08.079 {p} ‘Do you think,’ … tonight?’

1.08.080 {p} ‘No, I hope … country.’

1.08.081 {p} All the same … halting.

1.08.082 {p} ‘Tom will give … fortune!’

1.08.083 {p} They begged him … saying:

1.08.084 {lg} Tom’s country ends … waiting!

1.08.085 {p} Then he turned, … dusk.

1.08.086 {p} The hobbits climbed … sight.

1.08.087 {p} ‘I am sorry … Bree?’

1.08.088 {p} ‘There are hobbits … again.’

1.08.089 {p} ‘It may be … given.’

1.08.090 {p} They now mounted … ahead.

1.08.091 {p} Before them rose … night.