Tuesday 2 December 2008

Moran Sunset in Mid-Ocean

Moran Sunset in Mid-OceanMoran Slaves Escaping Through the SwampMoran Slave Hunt, Dismal Swamp, VirginiaMoran Old Windmill, East Hampton, Long Island, New York
wall in time (as they say in Bree). But there are few left in Middle-earth like Aragorn son of Arathorn. The race of the Kings from over the Sea is nearly at an end. It may be that this War of the Ring will be their last adventure.''Do you really mean that Strider is one of the people of the old Kings?' said Frodo in wonder. `I be the twenty-first. We must have reached the Ford by the twentieth.''You have talked and reckoned more than is good for you,' said Gandalf. `How do the side and shoulder feel now?''I don't know.' Frodo answered. 'They don't feel at all: which is an improvement, but'–he made an effort–'I can move my arm again a little. not cold,' he added, touching his left hand with his right.`Good!' said Gandalf. `It is mending fast. You will soon be sound again. Elrond has cured you: he has tended you for days, ever since you were brought in.'thought they had all vanished long ago. I thought he was only a Ranger.''Only a Ranger!' cried Gandalf. `My dear Frodo, that is just what the Rangers are: the last remnant in the North of the great people, the Men of the West. They have helped me before; and I shall need their help in the days to come; for we have reached Rivendell, but the Ring is not yet at rest.''I suppose not,' said Frodo. 'But so far my only thought has been to get here; and I hope I shan't have to go any further. It is very pleasant just to rest. I have had a month of exile and adventure, and I find that has been as much as I want.'He fell silent and shut his eyes. After a while he spoke again. 'I have been reckoning,' he said, `and I can't bring the total up to October the twenty-fourth. It ought to

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