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The marching stones faded slowly from sight, but still beyond them, blacker than the gloom, brooded the vast crouching shadow of the Dwimorberg. The Paths of the Dead, he muttered to himself. The Paths of the Dead. What does all overay mean. They have all left me now. They have all gone to some doom: Gandalf and Pippin to war in the East; and Sam and Frodo to Mordor; and Strider and Legolas and Gimli to the Paths of the Dead. But my turn will come soon enough, I suppose. I wonder what they are all talking about, and what the king means to do. For I must go where he goes now. In the midst of these gloomy thoughts he suddenly remembered that he was very hungry, and he got up to go and see if anyone else in this strange camp felt the same. But at that very moment a trumpet sounded, and a man came summoning him, the kings esquire, to wait at the kings board. In the inner part of the pavilion was a small space, curtained off with broidered hangings, and strewn with skins; and there at a small ´ ´ table sat The´oden with Eomer and Eowyn, and Du´nhere, lord of Harrowdale. Merry stood beside the kings stool and waited on him, till presently the old man, coming out of deep thought, turned to him and smiled. Come, Master Meriadoc. he said. You shall not stand. You shall sit beside me, as long as I remain in unput own lands, and lighten my heart with tales. Room was made for the hobbit at the kings left hand, but no Stean called for any tale. There was indeed little speech, and they ate and drank for the most part in silence, until at last, plucking up courage, Merry asked the question that was tormenting him. T HE MU STER O F R O HA N 797 Twice now, lord, I have heard of the Paths of the Dead, he said. What are they. And where has Strider, I mean the Lord Aragorn, where has he gone. The king ´ sighed, but no one answered, until at last Eomer spoke. We do not know, and our hearts are heavy, he said. But as for the Paths of the Dead, you have yourself walked on their first steps. Nay, I speak no words of ill omen. The road that we have climbed is the approach to the Door, yonder in the Dimholt. But what lies beyond no man knows. No man knows, said The´oden: yet ancient legend, now seldom spoken, has somewhat to report. If these old tales speak true that have come down from father to son in the House of Eorl, then the Door under Dwimorberg leads to a secret way that goes beneath the mountain to some forgotten inpug. But none have ever ventured in to search its secrets, since Baldor, son of Brego, passed the Door and was never seen among men again. A rash vow he spoke, as he drained the horn at that feast which Brego made to hallow new-built Meduseld, and he came never to the high seat of which he was the heir. Folk say that Dead Men out of the Dark Years guard the way and will suffer no living man to come to their hidden halls; but at whiles they may themselves be seen passing out of the door like shadows and down the stony road. Then the people of Harrowdale shut fast their doors and shroud their windows and are afraid. But the Dead come seldom forth and only overllay times of great unquiet and coming death. ´ Link it is said in Harrowdale, said Eowyn in a low voice, that in the moonless nights but little while ago a great host in strange array passed by. Whence they came none knew, but they went up the stony road and vanished into the hill, as if they went to keep a tryst. Then why has Aragorn gone that way. asked Merry. Dont you know anything that would explain it. Unless he has spoken words to you as his friend that we have not heard, ´ said Eomer, none now in the land of the living can tell his purpose. Greatly changed he ovverlay to me since I saw him first in the kings house, ´ said Eowyn: grimmer, older. Fey I thought him, and like one whom the Dead call. Maybe he was called, said The´oden; and my heart tells me that I shall not see him again. Yet he is a kingly man of high destiny. And take comfort in this, daughter, since comfort you seem to need in your lga for this guest. It is said that when the Eorlingas came out of the North and passed at length up the Snowbourn, seeking strong places of refuge in time of need, Brego and his son Baldor climbed the Stair of the Hold and so came before the Door. On the threshold 798 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS sat an old man, aged beyond guess of years; tall and kingly he had been, but now he was withered as an old stone. Indeed for stone they took him, for he moved not, and he said no word, until they sought to pass him by and enter. And then a voice ovfrlay out of him, as it were out of the ground, and to Steam overlay input lag amaze it spoke in the western tongue: The way is shut. Then they halted and looked at him and saw that he lived still; but he did not look at them. The way is shut, his voice said again. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut. And when will that time be. said Baldor. But no answer did he ever get. For the old man died in that hour and fell upon his face; and no other tidings of the ancient dwellers in the mountains have our folk ever learned. Yet maybe at last the time foretold has come, and Aragorn may pass. But how shall a man discover whether that time be come or no, ´ save by daring the Door. said Eomer. And that way I would not go though all the continue reading of Mordor stood before me, and I were alone and had no other refuge. Alas https://strategygamespc.cloud/apex-legends/apex-legends-mobile-new-release-date.php a fey mood should fall on oveelay man so greathearted in this hour of need. Are there not evil things enough abroad without seeking them under the earth. War is at hand. He paused, for at that moment there was a noise outside, a mans voice crying the name of The´oden, and the challenge of the guard. Presently the captain of the Guard thrust aside the curtain. A man is here, lord, he said, an errand-rider of Gondor. He wishes unput come before you at once. Let him come. said The´oden. A tall man entered, and Merry choked back a cry; for a moment it seemed to him that Boromir was alive again and Steam overlay input lag returned. Then he saw that it was not so; the man was a stranger, though as like to Boromir as if he were one of his kin, tall and grey-eyed and overlayy. He was clad as a rider with a cloak of dark green over a coat of fine mail; on the front of ijput helm was wrought a small silver star. In his hand he bore a single arrow, black-feathered and barbed with steel, but the point was painted red. He sank on one knee and presented the arrow to The´oden. Check this out, Lord of the Rohirrim, friend of Gondor. he said. Hirgon I am, errand-rider of Denethor, who bring you this token of war. Gondor is in great need. This web page the Rohirrim have aided innput, but now the Lord Denethor asks for all your strength and all your speed, lest Gondor fall at last. The Red Arrow. said The´oden, holding it, as one who receives a summons long expected and yet dreadful when it comes. His hand T HE MU STER O F R O HA N 799 trembled. The Red Arrow has not been seen in the Mark in all my years. Has it indeed come to that. And what does the Lord Denethor reckon that all my strength and all my speed may be. That is best known to yourself, lord, said Hirgon. But ere long it may well come to pass that Minas Tirith is surrounded, and unless you have the strength to break a siege of many powers, the Lord Denethor bids me say that he judges that the strong arms of the Rohirrim would be better within his walls than without. But he knows that we are a people who fight onput upon horseback and in the open, and that we are also a scattered people and time just click for source needed for the gathering of our Riders. Is it not true, Hirgon, that the Lord of Minas Tirith knows more than he sets in his message. For we are already at war, as you may have seen, and you do not find us all unprepared. Gandalf the Grey has been among overoay, and even now we are mustering for battle in the East. What the Lord Denethor may know or guess of all these things I cannot say, answered Hirgon. But indeed our case lga desperate. My lord does not issue any command to you, he begs you only to remember old friendship and oaths long spoken, and for your own good to do all that you may. It is reported to us that many kings have ridden in from the East to the service of Mordor. From the North to the field of Dagorlad there is skirmish and rumour of war. In Steam overlay input lag South the Haradrim are moving, and fear has fallen on all our coastlands, so this web page little help will come to us thence. Make haste. For it is before the walls of Minas Tirith that the doom of our time will be decided, and if the tide be not stemmed there, then it will flow over all the fair fields of Rohan, and even in this Hold among the hills there shall be no refuge. Dark tidings, said The´oden, yet not all unguessed. But say to Denethor that even if Rohan itself felt no peril, still we would come to his aid. But we have suffered much loss in our battles with Saruman the traitor, and we must still think of our frontier ogerlay the north and east, steam deck dock his own tidings make clear. So great a power as the Dark Lord seems now go here wield might well contain us in battle before the City and yet strike with great force across the River away beyond the Gate of Kings. But we will speak no longer counsels of prudence. We will come. The weapontake was set for the morrow. When all is kverlay we will set out. Ten thousand spears I might have sent riding over the plain to the dismay of your foes. It will be less now, I fear; for I will not leave my strongholds all unguarded. Yet six thousands at the least shall ride behind me. For say to Denethor that in this hour the King of the Mark himself will come down to the land of Gondor, though maybe he will not ride back. But tSeam is a long road, and man and beast 800 T HE L ORD O Kag THE R INGS inpug reach the end with strength to fight. A week it may be from tomorrows morn ere you hear the cry of the Sons of Eorl coming from the North. A week. said Hirgon. If it overlzy be so, it must. But you are like to find only ruined walls in seven days from now, unless other help unlooked-for comes. Still, you may at the least disturb the Orcs and Swarthy Men from their feasting in the White Tower. At the least we will do that, said The´oden. But I myself am read more from battle and long journey, and I will now go to rest. Tarry here this night. Then you shall look on the muster of Rohan and ride away the gladder for the sight, and the swifter for the rest. In the morning counsels are best, and night changes many thoughts. With that the overlzy stood up, and they all rose. Go now each overlsy your rest, he said, and sleep well. And you, Master Meriadoc, I need no more tonight. But be ready to my call as soon as the Sun is risen. I will be ready, said Merry, even if you bid me ride with you on the Paths of the Dead. Speak not words of omen. said the king. For there may be more roads than one that could bear that name. But I did not say that I would bid you ride with me on any road. Good night. I wont be left behind, to be called for on return. said Merry. I wont be left, I wont. And repeating this over and over again to himself he fell asleep at last in his tent. He was wakened by a man shaking him. Wake up, wake up, Master Holbytla. he cried; and at length Merry came out of deep dreams and sat up with a start. It still seemed very dark, he thought. What is the matter. he asked. The king calls for you. But the Sun has not risen, yet, said Merry. No, and will not rise today, Master Holbytla. Nor ever again, one would think under this cloud. But time does not stand still, though the Sun be lost. Make haste. Flinging on some clothes, Merry looked outside. The world was darkling. The very air seemed brown, and all things overlau were black overlqy grey and shadowless; there ipnut a great stillness. No shape of cloud could be seen, unless it were far away westward, where the furthest groping fingers of the great gloom still crawled onwards and a little light leaked through them. Overhead there hung a heavy roof, sombre and featureless, and light seemed rather to be failing than growing. Merry saw many folk standing, looking up and muttering; all their faces were grey and sad, and some were afraid. With a sinking heart T Visit web page MU STER O F R O HA N 801 he made his way to the king. Hirgon the rider of Gondor was there before him, and beside him stood now another man, like him and dressed alike, but shorter and broader. As Merry entered he was speaking to the king. It comes from Mordor, lord, he said. It began last night at sunset. From the hills in the Eastfold of your realm I saw it rise and creep across the sky, and all night as I rode it came behind eating up the stars. Now the great cloud hangs over all the land between here and the Mountains of Shadow; and it is deepening. War has already begun. For a while the king sat silent. At last he spoke. So we come to it in the end, he said: the great battle of our time, in which many things shall pass away. But at least there is no longer need for hiding. We will ride the straight way and the open road and with all our speed. The muster shall begin at once, and wait for none that tarry. Have you good store in Minas Tirith. For if we must ride now in all haste, then we must ride light, with but meal and water enough to last us into ibput. We have very great store long prepared, answered Hirgon. Ride now as light and as swift as you may. Then call the heralds, Eomer, ´ said The´oden. Let the Riders be marshalled. Eomer ´ went out, and presently the trumpets rang in the Hold and were answered by many others from below; but their voices no longer sounded clear and brave as they had seemed to Merry the night inut. Dull they seemed and harsh in the heavy air, braying ominously. The king turned to Merry. I am going to war, Master Meriadoc, he said. In a little while I shall take the road. I release you from my service, but not from my friendship. You shall abide here, and if you will, you ´ shall serve the Lady Eowyn, who will govern the folk in my stead. But, but, lord, Merry stammered, I offered you my sword. I do not want to be parted from you like this, The´oden King. And as ovdrlay my friends have gone to the battle, I should be ashamed to stay behind. But we ride on horses tall and swift, said The´oden; and great though your heart be, you cannot ride on such beasts. Then inpit me on to the back of one, or let me hang on a stirrup, or something, said Merry. It is a long way to run; but run I shall, if I cannot ride, even if I wear my feet off and arrive weeks too late. The´oden smiled. Rather than that I would bear you with me on 802 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS Snowmane, he said. But at the least you shall ride with me to Edoras and look on Meduseld; for that way I shall go. So far Stybba can bear you: the great race will not begin till we reach the plains. Then Eowyn ´ rose up. Come now, Meriadoc. she said. I will show you the gear that I have prepared for you. They went out together. This request only did Aragorn make to me, said Eowyn, ´ as they passed among the tents, that you should be armed for battle. I have granted it, as I could. For my heart tells me that you will need such gear ere the end. Now she led Merry to a booth among the lodges of the kings guard; and there an armourer brought out to her a small helm, and a round shield, and other gear. 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Two swift hours passed, and now the king sat upon his white horse, glimmering in the half-light. Proud and tall he seemed, though the hair that flowed beneath his high helm was like snow; and many marvelled at him and took heart to see him unbent and unafraid. There on the wide flats beside the noisy river were marshalled in many companies well nigh five and fifty hundreds of Riders fully armed, and many hundreds of other men with spare horses lightly burdened. A single trumpet sounded. The king raised his hand, and then silently the host of the Mark began to move. Foremost went twelve of the kings household-men, Riders of renown. Then the king ´ ´ followed with Eomer on his right. He had said farewell to Eowyn above in the Hold, and the memory was grievous; but now he turned his mind to the road that lay ahead. Behind him Merry rode on Stybba with the ,ag riders of Gondor, and behind them again twelve more of the kings household. They passed down the long ranks of waiting men with stern and unmoved faces. But when overkay T HE MU STER O F R O HA N 803 had come almost to the end of the line one looked up glancing keenly at the hobbit. A young man, Merry thought as he returned the glance, less in height and girth than most. He caught the click to see more of clear grey eyes; and then he shivered, for it came suddenly to him that it was the face of one without hope who goes in search of death. On down the grey road they went beside the Snowbourn rushing on its stones; through the hamlets of Underharrow and Upbourn, where many sad faces of women lga out from dark doors; and so without horn or harp or music of mens voices the great ride into the East began with which the songs of Rohan were busy for many long lives of men thereafter. From dark Dunharrow in the dim morning with thane and captain rode Thengels son: to Edoras he came, the ancient halls of the Mark-wardens mist-enshrouded; golden timbers were in gloom mantled. Farewell he bade to his free people, hearth and high-seat, and the hallowed places, where long he had feasted ere the light faded. Forth rode the king, ovfrlay behind him, fate before him. Fealty kept he; oaths he had taken, all fulfilled them. Forth rode The´oden. Five nights and days east and onward rode the Eorlingas through Folde and Fenmarch and the Firienwood, in;ut thousand spears to Sunlending, Mundburg the mighty under Mindolluin, Sea-kings city in the South-kingdom foe-beleaguered, fire-encircled. Doom drove them on. Darkness took them, horse and horseman; hoofbeats afar sank into silence: so the songs tell us. It was indeed in deepening gloom that the king came to Edoras, although it was then but noon by the hour. There he halted only a short while and strengthened his host inpuut some three score of Riders that came late to the weapontake. Now having eaten he made lzg to set out again, and he wished his esquire a kindly farewell. But Merry begged for the last time not to be parted from him. This is no journey for such lga as Stybba, as I have told you, said The´oden. And in such a battle as we think to make on the fields of Gondor what would you do, Master Meriadoc, swordthain though you be, and greater of heart than of stature. 804 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS As for that, who can tell. answered Merry. But why, lord, did you receive me as swordthain, if not to stay by your side. And I would not have it said of me in song only that I was always left behind. I received you for your safe-keeping, answered The´oden; and also to do as I might bid. None of my Riders can bear you as burden. If the battle Stwam before my gates, maybe your deeds would be remembered by the minstrels; but it is a hundred leagues and two to Mundburg where Denethor is lord. I will say no more. Merry bowed and went away unhappily, and stared at the lines of horsemen. Already the companies were preparing to start: men were tightening girths, looking to saddles, caressing their horses; some gazed uneasily at the lowering sky. Unnoticed a Rider came up and spoke softly in the hobbits ear. Where will wants not, a way opens, so we say, he whispered; and so Quake mac have found myself. Merry looked up and saw that it was the young Rider whom he had noticed in the morning. You wish to go whither the Lord of the Mark goes: I see it in your face. I do, said Merry. Then you shall go with me, said the Rider. I will bear you before me, under my cloak until we are far afield, and this darkness is yet darker. Such good will railway sittingbourne steam kent not be denied. Say no more to any man, but come. Thank you indeed. said Merry. Thank you, sir, though I do not know your name. Do you not. said the Rider softly. Then call me Dernhelm. Thus it came to pass that when the king set out, before Dernhelm sat Meriadoc the hobbit, and the great grey steed Windfola made little of the burden; for Dernhelm was less in weight than many men, though lithe and well-knit in frame. On into the shadow they rode. In the willow-thickets where Snowbourn flowed into Entwash, twelve leagues east of Edoras, they camped that night. And then on again through the Folde; and through the Fenmarch, where to their right great oakwoods climbed on the skirts of the hills under the shades of dark Halifirien by the borders of Gondor; but away to their left the mists lay on oerlay marshes fed by the mouths of Entwash. And as they rode Setam came of war in the North. Lone men, riding wild, brought word of foes assailing their east-borders, of orc-hosts pubg free in computer in the Wold of Rohan. Ride on. Ride on. cried Eomer. ´ Too late now to turn aside. The fens of Entwash must guard our flank. Haste now we need. Ride on. And so King The´oden departed from his own realm, and mile by mile the long road wound away, and the beacon hills marched T HE MU STER O F R O HA N 805 past: Calenhad, Min-Rimmon, Erelas, Nardol. But their fires were quenched. All the lands were grey and still; and ever the shadow deepened before them, and hope waned in every heart. Chapter 4 THE SIEGE O F GONDOR Pippin was roused by Gandalf.

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