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     But  Gollum  was in  a  pitiable state; and  Frodo's  threat  had quite 
unnerved  him。 It was not easy to get any clear account out of him; amid his 
mumblings and squeakings; and the frequent interruptions in which he crawled 
on the floor and begged them both to be kind to ‘poor little Smjagol'。 After 
a  while he grew a  little calmer; and Frodo gathered bit by bit that; if  a 
traveller followed the road  that turned west of Ephel D產th;  he would e 
in  time to a  crossing in a circle of  dark trees。 On the right a road went 
down to Osgiliath and the bridges of the Anduin; in the middle the road went 
on southwards。 
     ‘On;  on;  on;'  said Gollum。 ‘We  never went that way; but they say it 
goes a  hundred leagues; until  you  can  see the Great Water that is  never 
still。 There are lots of fishes there; and big birds eat fishes: nice birds: 
but we never  went there; alas no! we never had a chance。 And further  still 
there are more  lands; they say; but the Yellow Face is very hot  there; and 
there are seldom any clouds; and the men are  fierce and have dark faces。 We 
do not want to see that land。' 
     ‘No! ' said Frodo。 ‘But do not wander from your road。 What of the third 
turning? ' 
     ‘O yes; O yes; there is a third way;' said Gollum。 ‘That is the road to 
the  left。  At  once it begins to climb up;  up; winding  and climbing  back 
towards the tall shadows。 When it turns round the black rock; you'll see it。 
suddenly you'll see it above you; and you'll want to hide。' 
     ‘See it; see it? What will you see? ' 
     ‘The  old fortress; very old; very horrible now。 We used  to hear tales 
from the South; when Smjagol was young; long  ago。 O yes。 we  used  to  tell 
lots of  tales in the evening; sitting by the  banks  of the Great River; in 
the willow…lands; when the River was younger too; gollum; gollum。' He  began 
to weep and mutter。 The hobbits waited patiently。 
     ‘Tales  out  of  the South;' Gollum went on again; ‘about  the tall Men 
with the shining eyes; and their houses like hills  of stone; and the silver 
crown of their King and his White Tree:  wonderful  tales。  They  built very 
tall towers;  and one they raised was silver…white;  and in it there  was  a 
stone like the Moon; and round it were great  white walls。 O yes; there were 
many tales about the Tower of the Moon。' 
     ‘That would be Minas Ithil that Isildur the son of Elendil built ' said 
Frodo。 ‘It was Isildur who cut off the finger of the Enemy。' 
     ‘Yes; He has only four  on the Black Hand;  but they are enough;'  said 
Gollum shuddering。 'And He hated Isildur's city。' 
     'What does he not  hate?  '  said Frodo。 'But what has the Tower of the 
Moon to do with us? ' 
     'Well; master; there  it  was and there it is: the  tall tower  and the 
white houses and the wall; but not nice now; not beautiful。  He conquered it 
long ago。 It is a very terrible place  now。 Travellers shiver  when they see 
it; they creep out of sight; they  avoid its shadow。 But master will have to 
go that way。 That is the  only other way; For the mountains are lower there; 
and the old road goes up and up; until it reaches  a dark  pass at  the top; 
and then it goes down;  down; again   to Gorgoroth。'  His voice sank  to a 
whisper and he shuddered。 
     ‘But how will  that help us?  ' asked  Sam。 ‘Surely the Enemy knows all 
about his own mountains; and that road will be guarded as close as this? The 
tower isn't empty; is it? ' 
     ‘O no; not empty!  ' whispered Gollum。 ‘It seems empty; but it isn't; O 
no!  Very  dreadful things  live  there。  Orcs。 yes always  Orcs; but  worse 
things; worse things live  there too。 The road climbs right under the shadow 
of the walls and passes the gate。 Nothing moves on the  road that they don't 
know about。 The things inside know: the Silent Watchers。' 
     ‘So  that's your advice  is it;' said Sam; 'that  we  should go another 
long march south; to find ourselves in the same fix or a worse one;  when we 
get there; if we ever do? ' 
     ‘No;   no  indeed;'  said  Gollum。  ‘Hobbits  must  see;  must  try  to 
understand。 He does not expect attack that way。 His Eye is all round; but it 
attends more to some places than to  others。 He can't see everything  all at 
once; not yet。 You see; He has conquered all the country west of the Shadowy 
Mountains down to  the River; and He holds the bridges now。 He thinks no one 
can  e  to the  Moontower without fighting big battle at the  bridges; or 
getting lots of boats which they cannot hide and He will know about。' 
     'You seem to know a lot about what He's doing and  thinking;' said Sam。 
‘Have you been talking to Him lately? Or just hobnobbing with Orcs? ' 
     'Not  nice  hobbit;  not sensible;'  said Gollum; giving Sam  an  angry 
glance  and turning to Frodo。 'Smjagol has talked  to Orcs;  yes  of course; 
before he met master; and to many peoples:  he has walked very far。 And what 
he says now many peoples  are saying。  It's here  in the North that  the big 
danger is for Him; and for us。 He will e  out of the Black  Gate one day; 
one  day soon。 That is the only  way big armies can e。 But away down west 
He is not afraid; and there are the Silent Watchers。' 
     ‘Just so! ' said Sam; not to be put off。 ‘And so we are to walk up  and 
knock at  their gate  and ask if we're on the right road  for Mordor? Or are 
they too silent to answer? It's not。 sense。 We might as well do it here; and 
save ourselves a long tramp。' 
     'Don't make jokes about it;' hissed Gollum。  ‘It isn't funny; O no! Not 
amusing。 It's  nut sense to try  and get into  Mordor at all。 But  if master 
says I must go  or I will go; then he  must try some way。 But he must not go 
to the terrible city; O no; of course not。 That is where Smjagol helps。 nice 
Smjagol。 though no one tells him what it is  all about。 Smjagol helps again。 
He found it。 He knows it。' 
     'What did you find? ' asked Frodo。 
     Gollum crouched down and his voice  sank to a whisper again。 'A  little 
path leading up into the mountains: and then a stair; a narrow stair; O yes; 
very long and narrow。 And then more stairs。 And then'  his voice sank even 
lower   ‘a tunnel; a dark tunnel; and at last  a little cleft; and  a path 
high  above  the  main pass。 It was that way  that  Smjagol got  out  of the 
darkness。 But it was years ago。 The path may  have vanished now; but perhaps 
not; perhaps not。' 
     ‘I  don't  like the sound of it at  all;' said Sam。 ‘Sounds too easy at 
any rate in the telling。 If that path is still there; it'll be guarded  too。 
Wasn't it guarded; Gollum? ' As he said this; he caught or fancied he caught 
a green gleam in Gollum's eye。 Gollum muttered but did not reply。 
     'Is  it not guarded? ' asked Frodo sternly。 ‘And did you escape out  of 
the  darkness;  Smjagol? Were you  not rather  permitted  to  depart upon an 
errand? That at  least is w hat Aragorn  thought;  who found you by the Dead 
Marshes some years ago。' 
     'It's  a lie! ' hissed Gollum; and an evil light came into  his eyes at 
the  naming of Aragorn。 ‘He lied on me; yes he did。 I did  escape; all by my 
poor  self。  Indeed I was told to seek for the Precious; and I have searched 
and searched; of course I have。 But not for the  Black One。 The Precious was 
ours; it was mine I tell you。 I did escape。' 
     Frodo felt a  strange certainty that in this matter Gollum was for once 
not so far from the truth as might be suspected; that he had somehow found a 
way out of Mordor; and at least believed that it was by his own cunning。 For 
one thing;  he noted  that Gollum used  I; and that  seemed usually to be  a 
sign; on its rare appearances。 that some remnants of old truth and sincerity 
were  for  the moment on top。 But even  if Gollum  could  be trusted on this 
point; Frodo did not forget the wiles  of the  Enemy。 The 'escape' may  have 
been allowed  or arranged; and well known in the Dark Tower。 And in any case 
Gollum was plainly keeping a good deal back。 
     'I ask you again;' he said: ‘is not this secret way guarded? ' 
     But the name of Aragorn had put Gollum into a sullen  mood。 He had  all 
the injured air of a liar suspected when for once  he has told the truth。 or 
part of it。 He did not answer。 
     'Is it not guarded? ' Frodo repeated。 
     ‘Yes; yes;  perhaps。  No safe places  in  this  country;'  said  Gollum 
sulkily。  'No safe  places。 But  master must try it or  go home。  。 No other 
way。' They could not get him to say more。 The name of the perilous place and 
the high pass he could not tell; or would not。 
     Its  name was Cirith Ungol; a name of dreadful  rumour。  Aragorn  could 
perhaps have told them that name  and its  significance: Gandalf  would have 
warned  them。 But they  were  alone; and Aragorn was  far away; and  Gandalf 
stood amid the ruin of Isengard and strove with Saruman; delayed by treason。 
Yet even  as he spoke his last words to Saruman; and the palantnr crashed in 
fire upon the steps of Orthanc。 his thought was ever upon Frodo and Samwise; 
over the long leagues his mind sought for them in hope and pity。 
     Maybe Frodo  felt  it;  not knowing it; as he  had upon Amon  Hen; even 
though he believed that Gandalf was  gone; gone  for ever into the shadow in 
Moria far  away。 He  sat upon the ground for a long while; silent; his  head 
bowed; striving  to recall  all that Gandalf had  said to him。 But  for this 
choice he could recall no counsel。 Indeed Gandalf's guidance had  been taken 
from them too  soon; too  soon; while the Dark Land was still very far away。 
How they should enter it at the last  Gandalf had not said。 Perhaps he could 
not say。 Into the stronghold of  the Enemy in the North; into Dol Guldur; he 
had  once  ventured。  But  into  Mordor;  to  the Mountain  of  Fire and  to 
Barad…dyr; since the Dark Lord  rose in power again; had  he ever  journeyed 
there?  Frodo did not think  so。 And here he was  a little halfling from the 
Shire; a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside expected to find a way where 
the  great ones could  not go; or dared not go。 It was an evil  fate。 But he 
had  taken it  on himse
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