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The shadows shrank. I wonder where that dratted Gollum is. thought Sam, as he crawled back into deeper shade. He stands a fair chance of being spitted for an Orc, or of being roasted by the Yellow Face. But I fancy hell look after himself. He lay down beside Frodo and began to doze. He woke, thinking that he had heard horns blowing. He sat up. It was now high noon. The guards stood see more and tense in the shadow of the trees. Suddenly the horns rang out louder and beyond mistake from above, over the top of the slope. Sam thought that he heard cries and wild shouting also, but the sound was faint, as if it came out of some distant cave. Then presently the noise of fighting broke out near at hand, just above their hiding-place. He could hear plainly the ringing grate of steel on steel, the clang of sword on iron cap, the dull beat of blade on shield; men were yelling and screaming, and one clear loud voice was calling Gondor. Gondor. It sounds like a hundred blacksmiths all smithying together, said Sam to Frodo. Theyre as near as I want them now. But the noise grew closer. They are coming. cried Damrod. See. Some of the Southrons have broken from the trap and are flying from the road. There they go. Our men after them, and the Captain leading. Sam, eager to see more, went now and joined the guards. He scrambled a little way up into one of the larger of the bay-trees. For a moment he caught a glimpse of swarthy men in red running down the slope some way off with green-clad warriors leaping after them, hewing them down as they fled. Arrows were thick in the air. Then suddenly straight over the rim of their sheltering bank, a man fell, crashing through the slender trees, nearly on top of them. He came to rest in the fern a few feet away, face downward, green arrow-feathers sticking from his neck below a golden collar. 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Muˆmak. To his astonishment and terror, and lasting delight, Sam saw a vast shape crash out of the trees and come careering down the slope. Big as a house, much bigger than a house, it looked to him, a grey-clad moving hill. Fear and wonder, maybe, enlarged him in the hobbits eyes, but the Muˆmak of Harad was indeed a beast of vast bulk, and the like of him does not walk now in Middle-earth; his kin that live still in latter days are but memories of his girth and majesty. On he came, straight towards the watchers, and then swerved aside in the nick of time, passing only a few yards away, rocking the ground beneath their feet: his great legs like trees, enormous sail-like ears spread out, long snout upraised like a huge serpent about to strike, his small red eyes raging. His upturned hornlike tusks were bound with bands of gold and dripped with blood. His trappings of scarlet and gold flapped about him in wild tatters. 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If then you are the Halfling that was named, doubtless you brought this thing, whatever it may be, to the Council of which you speak, and there Boromir saw it. Do you deny it. Frodo made no answer. said Faramir. I wish then to learn from you more of it; for what concerns Boromir concerns me. An orc-arrow slew Isildur, so far as old tales tell. But orc-arrows are plenty, and the sight of one would not be taken as a sign of Doom by Boromir of Gondor. Had you this thing in keeping. It is hidden, you say; but is not that because you choose to hide it. No, not because I choose, answered Frodo. It does not belong to me. It does not belong to any mortal, great or small; though if any could claim it, it would be Aragorn son of Arathorn, whom I named, the leader of our Company from Moria to Rauros. Why so, and not Boromir, prince of the City that the sons of Elendil founded. Because Aragorn is descended in direct lineage, father to father, 664 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS from Isildur Elendils son himself. And the sword that he bears was Elendils sword. A murmur of astonishment ran through all the ring of men. Some cried aloud: The sword of Elendil. The sword of Elendil comes to Minas Tirith. Great tidings. But Faramirs face was unmoved. Maybe, he said. But so great a claim will need to be established, and clear proofs will be required, should this Aragorn ever come to Minas Tirith. He had not come, nor any of your Company, when I set out six days ago. Boromir was satisfied of that claim, said Frodo. Indeed, if Boromir were here, he would answer all your questions. And since he was already at Rauros read article days back, and intended then to go straight to your city, if you return, you may soon learn the answers there. My part in the Company was known to him, as to all the others, for it was appointed to me by Elrond of Imladris himself before the whole Council. On that errand I came into this country, but it is not mine to reveal to any outside the Company. Yet those who claim to oppose the Enemy would do well not to hinder it. Frodos tone was proud, whatever he felt, and Sam approved of it; but it did not appease Faramir. he said. You bid me mind my own affairs, and get me back home, and let you be. Boromir will tell all, when he comes. When he comes, say you. Were you a friend of Boromir. Vividly before Frodos mind came the memory of Boromirs assault upon him, and for a moment he hesitated. Faramirs eyes watching him grew harder. Boromir was a valiant member of our Company, said Frodo at length. Yes, I was his friend, for my part. Faramir smiled grimly. Then you would grieve to learn that Boromir is dead. I would grieve indeed, said Frodo. Then catching the look in Faramirs eyes, he faltered. Dead. he said. Do you mean that he is dead, and that you knew it. You have been trying to trap me in words, playing with me. Or are you now trying to snare me with a falsehood. I would not snare even an orc with a falsehood, said Faramir. How then did he die, and how do you know of it. Since you say that none of the Company had reached the city when you left. As to the manner of his death, I had hoped that his friend and companion would tell me how it was. But he was alive and strong when we parted. And he lives still for all that I know. Though surely there are many perils in the world. Many indeed, said Faramir, and treachery not the least. Sam had been getting more and more impatient and angry at this conversation. These last words were more than he could bear, and T HE WI N DOW O N TH E WEST 665 bursting into the middle of the ring, he strode up to his masters side. Begging your pardon, Mr. Frodo, he said, but this has gone on long enough. Hes no right to talk to you so. 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