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'

All

except

one

thing

,

'

said

Aragorn

:

'

leaf

from

the

Southfarthing

in

Isengard

.

The

more

I

consider

it

,

the

more

curious

I

find

it

.

I

have

never

been

in

Isengard

,

but

I

have

journeyed

in

this

land

,

and

I

know

well

the

empty

countries

that

lie

between

Rohan

and

the

Shire

.

Neither

goods

nor

folk

have

passed

that

way

for

many

a

long

year

,

not

openly

.

Saruman

had

secret

dealings

with

someone

in

the

Shire

,

I

guess

.

Wormtongues

may

be

found

in

other

houses

than

King

Théoden

's

.

Was

there

a

date

on

the

barrels

?

'

'

Yes

,

'

said

Pippin

'

It

was

the

1417

crop

,

that

is

last

year

's

;

no

,

the

year

before

,

of

course

,

now

:

a

good

year

.

'

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'

Ah

well

,

whatever

evil

was

afoot

is

over

now

,

I

hope

;

or

else

it

is

beyond

our

reach

at

present

,

'

said

Aragorn

.

'

Yet

I

think

I

shall

mention

it

to

Gandalf

,

small

matter

though

it

may

seem

among

his

great

affairs

.

'

'

I

wonder

what

he

is

doing

,

'

said

Merry

.

'

The

afternoon

is

getting

on

.

Let

us

go

and

look

round

!

You

can

enter

Isengard

now

at

any

rate

,

Strider

,

if

you

want

to

.

But

it

is

not

a

very

cheerful

sight

.

'

They

passed

through

the

ruined

tunnel

and

stood

upon

a

heap

of

stones

,

gazing

at

the

dark

rock

of

Orthanc

,

and

its

many

windows

,

a

menace

still

in

the

desolation

that

lay

all

about

it

.

The

waters

had

now

nearly

all

subsided

.

Here

and

there

gloomy

pools

remained

,

covered

with

scum

and

wreckage

;

but

most

of

the

wide

circle

was

bare

again

,

a

wilderness

of

slime

and

tumbled

rock

,

pitted

with

blackened

holes

,

and

dotted

with

posts

and

pillars

leaning

drunkenly

this

way

and

that

.

At

the

rim

of

the

shattered

bowl

there

lay

vast

mounds

and

slopes

,

like

the

shingles

cast

up

by

a

great

storm

;

and

beyond

them

the

green

and

tangled

valley

ran

up

into

the

long

ravine

between

the

dark

arms

of

the

mountains

.

Across

the

waste

they

saw

riders

picking

their

way

;

they

were

coming

from

the

north

side

,

and

already

they

were

drawing

near

to

Orthanc

.

'

There

is

Gandalf

,

and

Théoden

and

his

men

!

'

said

Legolas

.

'

Let

us

go

and

meet

them

!

'

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'

Walk

warily

!

'

said

Merry

.

'

There

are

loose

slabs

that

may

tilt

up

and

throw

you

down

into

a

pit

,

if

you

do

n't

take

care

.

'

They

followed

what

was

left

of

the

road

from

the

gates

to

Orthanc

,

going

slowly

,

for

the

flag-stones

were

cracked

and

slimed

.

The

riders

,

seeing

them

approach

,

halted

under

the

shadow

of

the

rock

and

waited

for

them

.

Gandalf

rode

forward

to

meet

them

.

'

Well

,

Treebeard

and

I

have

had

some

interesting

discussions

,

and

made

a

few

plans

,

'

he

said

;

'

and

we

have

all

had

some

much-needed

rest

.

Now

we

must

be

going

on

again

.

I

hope

you

companions

have

all

rested

,

too

,

and

refreshed

yourselves

?

'

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