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'

It

is

there

that

the

first

blow

will

fall

.

They

will

have

need

of

some

stout

captain

there

.

'

'

There

and

elsewhere

in

many

places

,

'

said

Faramir

,

and

sighed

.

'

Alas

for

my

brother

,

whom

I

too

loved

!

'

He

rose

.

'

May

I

have

your

leave

,

father

?

'

And

then

he

swayed

and

leaned

upon

his

father

's

chair

.

'

You

are

weary

,

I

see

,

'

said

Denethor

.

'

You

have

ridden

fast

and

far

,

and

under

shadows

of

evil

in

the

air

,

I

am

told

.

'

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'

Let

us

not

speak

of

that

!

'

said

Faramir

.

'

Then

we

will

not

,

'

said

Denethor

.

'

Go

now

and

rest

as

you

may

.

Tomorrow

's

need

will

be

sterner

.

'

All

now

took

leave

of

the

Lord

of

the

City

and

went

to

rest

while

they

still

could

.

Outside

there

was

a

starless

blackness

as

Gandalf

with

Pippin

beside

him

bearing

a

small

torch

,

made

his

way

to

their

lodging

.

They

did

not

speak

until

they

were

behind

closed

doors

.

Then

at

last

Pippin

took

Gandalf

's

hand

.

'

Tell

me

,

'

he

said

,

'

is

there

any

hope

?

For

Frodo

,

I

mean

;

or

at

least

mostly

for

Frodo

.

'

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Gandalf

put

his

hand

on

Pippin

's

head

.

'

There

never

was

much

hope

,

'

he

answered

.

'

Just

a

fool

's

hope

,

as

I

have

been

told

.

And

when

I

heard

of

Cirith

Ungol

--

'

He

broke

off

and

strode

to

the

window

as

if

his

eyes

could

pierce

the

night

in

the

East

.

'

Cirith

Ungol

!

'

he

muttered

.

'

Why

that

way

,

I

wonder

?

'

He

turned

.

'

Just

now

,

Pippin

,

my

heart

almost

failed

me

,

hearing

that

name

.

And

yet

in

truth

I

believe

that

the

news

that

Faramir

brings

has

some

hope

in

it

.

For

it

seems

clear

that

our

Enemy

has

opened

his

war

at

last

and

made

the

first

move

while

Frodo

was

still

free

.

So

now

for

many

days

he

will

have

his

eye

turned

this

way

and

that

,

away

from

his

own

land

.

And

yet

,

Pippin

,

I

feel

from

afar

his

haste

and

fear

.

He

has

begun

sooner

than

he

would

.

Something

has

happened

to

stir

him

.

'

Gandalf

stood

for

a

moment

in

thought

.

'

Maybe

,

'

he

muttered

.

'

Maybe

even

your

foolishness

helped

,

my

lad

.

Let

me

see

:

some

five

days

ago

now

he

would

discover

that

we

had

thrown

down

Saruman

and

had

taken

the

Stone

.

Still

what

of

that

?

We

could

not

use

it

to

much

purpose

,

or

without

his

knowing

.

Ah

!

I

wonder

.

Aragorn

?

His

time

draws

near

.

And

he

is

strong

and

stern

underneath

,

Pippin

;

bold

,

determined

,

able

to

take

his

own

counsel

and

dare

great

risks

at

need

.

That

may

be

it

.

He

may

have

used

the

Stone

and

shown

himself

to

the

Enemy

,

challenging

him

,

for

this

very

purpose

.

I

wonder

.

Well

,

we

shall

not

know

the

answer

till

the

Riders

of

Rohan

come

,

if

they

do

not

come

too

late

.

There

are

evil

days

ahead

.

To

sleep

while

we

may

!

'

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