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Page 90
But after a time his voice died to a murmur and fell silent again. Pippin could see
that his old brow was wrinkled and knotted. At last he looked up, and Pippin
could see a sad look in his eyes, sad but not unhappy. There was a light in them,
as if ...
But after a time his voice died to a murmur and fell silent again. Pippin could see
that his old brow was wrinkled and knotted. At last he looked up, and Pippin
could see a sad look in his eyes, sad but not unhappy. There was a light in them,
as if ...
Page 105
'Long time I fell,' he said at last, slowly, as if thinking back with difficulty. 'Long I fell
, and he fell with me. His fire was about me. I was burned. Then we plunged into
the deep water and all was dark. Cold it was as the tide of death: almost it froze ...
'Long time I fell,' he said at last, slowly, as if thinking back with difficulty. 'Long I fell
, and he fell with me. His fire was about me. I was burned. Then we plunged into
the deep water and all was dark. Cold it was as the tide of death: almost it froze ...
Page 339
She fell back beating the air with her forelegs, her sight blasted by inner
lightnings, her mind in agony. Then turning her maimed head away, she rolled
aside and began to crawl, claw by claw, towards the opening in the dark cliff
behind.
She fell back beating the air with her forelegs, her sight blasted by inner
lightnings, her mind in agony. Then turning her maimed head away, she rolled
aside and began to crawl, claw by claw, towards the opening in the dark cliff
behind.
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Contents
The Departure of Boromir | 15 |
The Riders of Rohan | 23 |
The Urukhai | 47 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Lord of the Rings: The two towers Volume 2 of The Lord of the Rings, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien |
| Author | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
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