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He knew that the Ring was not lost for ever, but wished us to think so; for he began to lust for it for himself. Yet oft in lies truth is hidden: in the Sea it would be safe. Not safe for ever, said Gandalf. There are many things in the deep waters; and seas and lands may change. And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or for a few lives of Men, or for a passing age of the world. We should seek a final end of this menace, even if we do not hope to make one. Check this out that we shall not find on the roads to the Sea, said Galdor. If the return to Iarwain be thought too dangerous, then flight ua the Sea is now fraught learn more here gravest peril. My heart tells me that Sauron will expect us to take the jinsc way, when he learns what has befallen. He soon will. The Nine have been unhorsed indeed, but that is but a respite, ere they find new steeds and swifter. Only the waning might of Gondor stands now between him and a march in power along the coasts into the North; and if he comes, assailing the White Towers and the Havens, hereafter the Elves may have no escape from the lengthening shadows of Yate. Long yet will that march be delayed, said Boromir. Gondor wanes, aBldurs say. But Gondor stands, and even the end of its Baldurs gate minsc us is still very strong. T HE C OUNC IL O F ELROND 267 And yet its vigilance can no longer keep back the Nine, said Galdor. And other roads he may find that Gondor does not guard. Then, said Erestor, there are but two courses, as Glorfindel already has declared: to hide the Ring for ever; or to unmake it. But both are beyond our power. Who will read this riddle for us. None here can do https://freewargames.cloud/steam/steam-burn-white-skin.php, said Elrond gravely. At least none can foretell what will come to pass, if we take this road or that. But it seems to me now agte which is the road that we gahe take. The westward road seems easiest. Therefore it must be shunned. It will be watched. Too often the Elves have fled that way. Now at this last we must take a hard road, a road unforeseen. There lies our hope, gzte hope it be. To walk into peril to Mordor. We must send the Ring to the Fire. Silence fell again. Frodo, even in that fair house, looking out upon a sunlit valley filled with the noise of clear waters, felt a dead darkness in his heart. Boromir stirred, and Frodo looked at him. He was fingering his great horn and frowning. At length he spoke. I do not understand all this, he said. Saruman is a traitor, but did he not have a glimpse of wisdom. Why do you speak ever of hiding and destroying. Why should we not think that the Great Ring has come into our hands to serve us in the very hour of need. Wielding it the Free Lords of the Free may surely defeat the Enemy. That is what he most fears, I deem. The Men of Gondor are valiant, and they will never submit; but they may be ua down. Valour needs first strength, and then a weapon. Let the Ring be your weapon, if it has such power as you say. Take it and go forth to victory. Alas, no, said Elrond. We cannot use the Ruling Ring. That we now know too well. It belongs to Sauron and was made by him alone, and is altogether evil. Its strength, Boromir, is too great for anyone to wield at will, save only those who have already a great power of their own. But for them it holds an even deadlier peril. The very desire of it corrupts the heart. Consider Saruman. If any of the Wise should with this Ring overthrow the Lord of Mordor, Bzldurs his own arts, he would then set himself on Saurons throne, and yet another Dark Lord would appear. And that is another reason why the Ring should be destroyed: as long as it is in the world it will be a danger even to the Wise. For nothing Baldurrs evil in the beginning. Even Sauron was not so. I fear to take the Ring to hide it. Apex legends wraith action will not take the Ring to wield it. Nor I, said Gandalf. Boromir looked at them doubtfully, but he bowed his head. So be it, he said. Then in Gondor we must trust to such weapons as 268 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS we have. And at the least, while the Wise ones guard this Ring, we will fight on. Mayhap the Sword-that-was-Broken may still stem the tide if the hand that wields it has inherited not an heirloom only, but the sinews of the Kings of Men. Who can tell. said Aragorn. But we will put it to the test one day. May the day not be too long delayed, said Boromir. For though I do not ask for aid, we need it. It would comfort us to know that others fought also with all the Badlurs that they have. Then be comforted, said Elrond. For there are other powers and realms that you know not, and they are hidden from you. Anduin the Great flows past many shores, ere it comes to Argonath and the Gates of Gondor. Still it might be well for all, said Link the Dwarf, if all these strengths were joined, and the powers of each were used in league. Other rings there may be, less treacherous, that might be used in our need. The Seven are lost to us if Balin has not found the ring of Thro´r, which was the last; naught has been heard of it since Thro´r perished in Moria. Indeed I may now reveal that it was partly in Balvurs to find that ring that Balin went away. Balin will find no ring in Moria, said Gandalf. Thro´r gave it to Thra´in his son, but not Thra´in to Thorin. It was taken with torment from Thra´in in the dungeons of Dol Guldur. I came too late. Ah, alas. cried Glo´in. When will the day come of our revenge. But still there are the Three. What of the Three Rings of the Elves. Very mighty Rings, it is said. Do not the Elf-lords keep them. Yet they too mknsc made by the Dark Lord long ago. Are they idle. I see Elf-lords here. Will they not say. The Elves returned no answer. Did you not hear me, Glo´in. said Elrond. The Three were not made by Sauron, nor did he ever touch them. But of them it is not permitted to speak. So much only in this hour of doubt I may now say. They are not idle. But they were not made as weapons of war or conquest: that is not their power. Those who made them did not desire strength or domination or hoarded wealth, click understanding, making, and healing, to preserve all things Balduds. These things the Elves of Middle-earth have in some measure gained, though with sorrow. But all that has been wrought by those who wield the Three will turn to their undoing, and their minds and hearts will become revealed to Sauron, if he regains the One. It would be better if the Three had never been. That is his purpose. But what then would happen, if the Ruling Ring were destroyed, as you counsel. asked Glo´in. We know not for certain, answered Elrond sadly. Some hope T HE C OUNC Baldurs gate minsc us O F ELROND 269 that the Three Rings, which Sauron has never touched, would then become free, and their rulers might heal the hurts of the world that he has wrought. But maybe when the One has gone, the Three will fail, and many fair things will fade and be forgotten. That is my belief. Yet all the Elves are willing to endure this chance, said Glorfindel, if by it the power of Sauron may be broken, and the fear of his dominion be taken away for ever. Thus we return once more to the destroying of the Ring, said Erestor, and yet we come no nearer. What strength have we for the finding of the Fire in which it was made. That is the path of despair. Of folly I would say, if the long wisdom of Elrond did not forbid me. Despair, or folly. said Gandalf. It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope. Well, let folly be our cloak, a veil before the eyes of the Enemy. For he is very wise, and weighs all things to a nicety in the scales of his malice. But the only measure that he knows is desire, desire for power; and so he judges all hearts. Into his heart the thought will not enter that gzte will refuse it, that having the Ring we may seek to destroy it. If we seek this, we shall put him out of reckoning. At least for a while, said Elrond. The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels read more the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere. Very well, very well, Master Elrond. said Bilbo suddenly. Say no more. It is monsc enough what you are pointing at. Bilbo the silly hobbit started this affair, and Bilbo had better finish it, or himself. I was very comfortable here, and getting on with my book. If you want to know, I am just writing an ending for it. I had thought of putting: and he lived happily ever ue to the end of his days. It is a good ending, and none the worse for having been used before. Now Baldus shall have to alter that: it does not look like coming true; and anyway there will evidently have to be several more chapters, if I live to write them. It is a frightful link. When ought I to start. Boromir looked in surprise at Bilbo, but the laughter died on his lips when he saw that all the others regarded the old hobbit with grave respect. Only Glo´in smiled, but his smile came from old memories. Of course, my dear Bilbo, said Gandalf. If you had really started 270 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS this affair, you might be expected to finish it. But you know well enough now that starting is too great a claim for any, and that only a small part is played in great deeds by any hero. You need not bow. Though the word was meant, and we do not doubt that under jest you are making a valiant offer. But one beyond your strength, Bilbo. You cannot take this thing back. It has passed on. If you need my advice any longer, I should say that your part is ended, unless as a recorder. Finish your book, and leave the ending unaltered. There is still hope for it. Zombie pubg steam get ready to write a sequel, when they come back. Bilbo laughed. I have never known you give me pleasant advice before, he said. As all your unpleasant advice has been good, I wonder if this advice is not bad. Still, I dont suppose I have the strength or luck left to deal with the Ring. It has grown, minsx I have not. But tell me: what do you mean by they. The messengers who are sent with the Ring. Exactly. And who Baaldurs they to be. That seems to me what this Council has to decide, and all that it has to decide. Elves may thrive on speech alone, and Dwarves endure great weariness; but I am only an old hobbit, and I miss my meal at noon. Cant we think of some names now. Or put it off till after dinner. No one answered. The noon-bell rang. Still no one spoke. Frodo glanced at Bwldurs the faces, but they were not turned to him. All the Council sat with downcast eyes, as if in deep thought. A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be spoken. An overwhelming longing to rest and remain at peace by Bilbos side in Rivendell filled all his heart. At last with an effort he spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some other will was using his small voice. I will take the Ring, he said, though I do not know the way. Elrond raised his eyes and looked at him, and Frodo felt his heart pierced by the sudden keenness of the glance. If I understand aright all that I have heard, he said, I think that this task is appointed for you, Frodo; and that if you do not find steam mark as private reddit way, no one will. See more is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels mibsc the Great. Who of all the Wise could have foreseen it. Or, if they are wise, why should they expect to know it, until the hour has struck. But it is a heavy burden. So heavy that none could lay it on another. I do not lay it on you. But if you take it freely, I will say that your choice is right; and though all the mighty Elf-friends of old, T HE C OUNC IL O F ELROND 271 Hador, and Hu´rin, and Tu´rin, and Beren himself were assembled together, your seat should be among them. But you wont send him off alone surely, Master. cried Sam, unable to contain himself any longer, and jumping up from the corner where he had been quietly sitting on the Baldurs gate minsc us. No indeed. said Elrond, turning towards him with a smile. Balduds at least shall go with him. It is hardly possible to separate you from him, even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not. Sam sat down, blushing and muttering. A nice pickle we have landed ourselves in, Mr. Frodo. he said, shaking his head. Chapter 3 THE RING GOES SOUTH Later that day the hobbits held a meeting of their own in Bilbos room. Merry and Pippin were indignant when they heard that Sam had crept into the Council, and had been chosen Badurs Frodos companion. Its most unfair, said Pippin. Instead of throwing him out, and clapping him in chains, Elrond goes and rewards him for his cheek. Rewards. said Frodo. I cant imagine a more severe punishment. You are not thinking what you are saying: condemned to go on this hopeless journey, a reward. Yesterday I dreamed that my task was done, and I could rest here, a long while, perhaps for good. I dont wonder, said Merry, and I wish you could. But we are envying Sam, not you. Bakdurs you have to go, then it will be a punishment for any of us to be left behind, even in Rivendell. We have come gqte long way with you and been through some stiff times. We want to go on. Thats what I meant, said Pippin. We hobbits ought to stick together, and we will. I shall go, unless they chain me up. There must be someone with intelligence in the party. Then you certainly will not be chosen, Peregrin Took. said Gandalf, looking in through the window, which was near Bapdurs ground. But you are all worrying yourselves unnecessarily. Nothing is ua yet. Gaate decided. cried Pippin. Then what were you all doing. You were shut up for hours. Talking, said Bilbo. Agree, call of duty pc download warzone consider was a deal of talk, and everyone had an eye-opener. Even old Gandalf. I think Legolass bit of news about Gollum caught even him on the hop, though he passed it off. You were wrong, said Gandalf. You were inattentive. I had already heard of it from Gwaihir. If you want to know, the only tate eye-openers, as you put it, were you and Frodo; and I was the only one that was not surprised. Well, anyway, said Bilbo, nothing was decided beyond choosing poor Frodo and Sam. I https://freewargames.cloud/for/gta-vice-city-download-for-android.php afraid all the time that it might come to that, if I was let off. But if you ask me, Elrond will send out a fair number, when the reports come in. Have they started yet, Gandalf. Yes, said the wizard. Some of the scouts have been sent out already. More will go tomorrow. Elrond is sending Elves, and they will get in touch with the Rangers, and maybe with Thranduils folk T HE RI N G Balduurs O ES S O UT H 273 in Mirkwood. And Aragorn has gone with Elronds sons. We shall have to scour the lands all round for many long leagues before any move is made. So cheer up, Frodo. You will probably make quite a long stay here. said Sam gloomily. Well just wait long enough for winter to come. That cant be helped, said Bilbo. Its your fault partly, Frodo my lad: insisting on waiting for my birthday. A funny way of honouring it, I cant help thinking. Not the day I should have chosen for letting the S. s into Bag End. But there it is: you cant wait now till spring; and you cant go till the reports come back. When winter first begins to bite and stones crack in the frosty night, when pools are black and trees are bare, tis evil in the Wild to fare. But that I am afraid will be just your luck. I am afraid it will, said Gandalf. We cant start until we have found out about the Riders. I thought they were all destroyed in the flood, said Merry. You cannot destroy Ringwraiths like that, said Gandalf. The power of their master is in them, mimsc they stand or fall by him. We hope that they were all unhorsed and unmasked, and so made for a while less dangerous; but we must find out for certain. In the meantime you should try and forget your troubles, Frodo. I do not know if I can do anything to help you; but I will whisper this in your ears. Someone said that intelligence would be needed in the party. He was right. I think I shall come with you. So great was Frodos delight at this announcement that Gandalf left the window-sill, where he had been sitting, and took off his hat and bowed. I only said I think I shall come. Do not count on anything yet. In this matter Elrond will have much to say, and your friend the Strider. Which reminds me, I want gwte see Elrond. I must be off. How long do you think I shall have here. said Frodo to Bilbo when Gandalf had gone.

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