LR 5.10 The Black Gate Opens

5.10.000 {h} The Black Gate Opens
5.10.001 {p} Two days later … throw.
5.10.002 {p} Legolas and Gimli … them.
5.10.003 {p} ‘You are not … Farewell!’
5.10.004 {p} And so despondently … Tirith.
5.10.005 {ps} At last the … again.
5.10.006 {p} As if recalled … hand.
5.10.007 {p} ‘Come, Master Perian!’ … too.’
5.10.008 {ps} Ere noon the … defence.
5.10.009 {p} The vanguard passed … march.
5.10.010 {p} But the horsemen … Dúath.
5.10.011 {p} Then Aragorn set … stone.
5.10.012 {p} Now in their … gate.’
5.10.013 {p} But against this … city.
5.10.014 {p} It was dark … departed.
5.10.015 {ps} The day after, … winds.
5.10.016 {p} Ever and anon … challenge.
5.10.017 {p} Nonetheless, though they … hills.
5.10.018 {p} But the victory … off.
5.10.019 {ps} So time and … north.
5.10.020 {p} Aragorn looked at … pass.
5.10.021 {p} ‘Go!’ said Aragorn. … Rohan!’
5.10.022 {p} Then some being … Mordor.
5.10.023 {ps} They advanced now … Mordor.
5.10.024 {p} It grew cold. … done.
5.10.025 {ps} The two vast … sign.
5.10.026 {p} No choice was … witness.
5.10.027 {p} They came within … Mordor.
5.10.028 {p} ‘Come forth!’ they … forth!’
5.10.029 {p} There was a … Tower.
5.10.030 {p} At its head … orc.
5.10.031 {p} He it was … laughed.
5.10.032 {p} ‘Is there anyone … following!’
5.10.033 {p} Aragorn said naught … cried.
5.10.034 {p} ‘Where such laws … peril.’
5.10.035 {p} ‘So!’ said the … cloths.
5.10.036 {p} The Messenger put … grief.
5.10.037 {p} ‘Silence!’ said Gandalf … aloud.
5.10.038 {p} ‘So you have … now.’
5.10.039 {p} ‘I do not … here?’
5.10.040 {p} ‘Dwarf-coat, elf-cloak, blade … choice.’
5.10.041 {p} No one answered … terms.’
5.10.042 {p} ‘Name the terms,’ … accept.
5.10.043 {p} ‘These are the … trust.’
5.10.044 {p} Looking in the … slaves.
5.10.045 {p} But Gandalf said: … demands.’
5.10.046 {p} It seemed then … again.
5.10.047 {p} ‘Do not bandy … them!’
5.10.048 {p} ‘These we will … Begone!’
5.10.049 {p} Then the Messenger … trap.
5.10.050 {ps} Drums rolled and … lifted.
5.10.051 {p} The Captains mounted … steel.
5.10.052 {p} Little time was … Guard.
5.10.053 {p} The wind blew, … quenched.
5.10.054 {ps} Pippin had bowed … ruin.
5.10.055 {p} ‘I wish Merry … best.’
5.10.056 {p} He drew his … again!’
5.10.057 {p} Then even as … down.
5.10.058 {p} Then Pippin stabbed … darkness.
5.10.059 {p} ‘So it ends … above:
5.10.060 {p} ‘The Eagles are … coming!’
5.10.061 {p} For one moment … more.