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'

Indeed

in

this

riding

north

I

went

without

the

king

's

leave

,

for

in

my

absence

his

house

is

left

with

little

guard

.

But

scouts

warned

me

of

the

orc-host

coming

down

out

of

the

East

Wall

three

nights

ago

,

and

among

them

they

reported

that

some

bore

the

white

badges

of

Saruman

.

So

suspecting

what

I

most

fear

,

a

league

between

Orthanc

and

the

Dark

Tower

,

I

led

forth

my

éored

,

men

of

my

own

household

;

and

we

overtook

the

Orcs

at

nightfall

two

days

ago

,

near

to

the

borders

of

the

Entwood

.

There

we

surrounded

them

,

and

gave

battle

yesterday

at

dawn

.

Fifteen

of

my

men

I

lost

,

and

twelve

horses

alas

!

For

the

Orcs

were

greater

in

number

than

we

counted

on

.

Others

joined

them

.

coming

out

of

the

East

across

the

Great

River

:

their

trail

is

plain

to

see

a

little

north

of

this

spot

.

And

others

,

too

,

came

out

of

the

forest

.

Great

Orcs

,

who

also

bore

the

White

Hand

of

Isengard

:

that

kind

is

stronger

and

more

fell

than

all

others

.

'N

onetheless

we

put

an

end

to

them

.

But

we

have

been

too

long

away

.

We

are

needed

south

and

west

.

Will

you

not

come

?

There

are

spare

horses

as

you

see

.

There

is

work

for

the

Sword

to

do

.

Yes

,

and

we

could

find

a

use

for

Gimli

's

axe

and

the

bow

of

Legolas

,

if

they

will

pardon

my

rash

words

concerning

the

Lady

of

the

Wood

.

I

spoke

only

as

do

all

men

in

my

land

,

and

I

would

gladly

learn

better

.

'

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'

I

thank

you

for

your

fair

words

,

'

said

Aragorn

,

'

and

my

heart

desires

to

come

with

you

;

but

I

can

not

desert

my

friends

while

hope

remains

.

'

'

Hope

does

not

remain

,

'

said

Éomer

.

'

You

will

not

find

your

friends

on

the

North-borders

.

'

'

Yet

my

friends

are

not

behind

.

We

found

a

clear

token

not

far

from

the

East

Wall

that

one

at

least

of

them

was

still

alive

there

.

But

between

the

wall

and

the

downs

we

have

found

no

other

trace

of

them

,

and

no

trail

has

turned

aside

,

this

way

or

that

,

unless

my

skill

has

wholly

left

me

.

'

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'

Then

what

do

you

think

has

become

of

them

?

'

'

I

do

not

know

.

They

may

have

been

slain

and

burned

among

the

Orcs

;

but

that

you

will

say

can

not

be

,

and

I

do

not

fear

it

.

I

can

only

think

that

they

were

carried

off

into

the

forest

before

the

battle

,

even

before

you

encircled

your

foes

,

maybe

.

Can

you

swear

that

none

escaped

your

net

in

such

a

way

?

'

'

I

would

swear

that

no

Orc

escaped

after

we

sighted

them

,

'

said

Éomer

.

'

We

reached

the

forest-eaves

before

them

,

and

if

after

that

any

living

thing

broke

through

our

ring

,

then

it

was

no

Orc

and

had

some

elvish

power

.

'

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