shiremaiden:LOTR CHAPTERS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - Chapter Eleven: A Knife In The DarkOver the
shiremaiden:LOTR CHAPTERS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - Chapter Eleven: A Knife In The DarkOver the lip of the little dell, on the side away from the hill, they felt, rather than saw, a shadow rise, one shadow or more than one. They strained their eyes, and the shadows seemed to grow. Soon there could be no doubt: three or four tall black figures were standing there on the slope, looking down on them. So black were they that they seemed like black holes in the deep shade behind them. Frodo thought that he heard a faint hiss as of venomous breath and felt a thin piercing chill. Then the shapes slowly advanced. -- source link