Passage of the day: `Well, whats to be done with it? said Sam. `Tie it up, so as it cant come sneaking after us no more, I say. `But that would kill us, kill us, whimpered Gollum. `Cruel little hobbitses. Tie us up in the cold hard lands and leave us, gollum, gollum. Sobs welled up in his gobbling throat. `No, said Frodo. `If we kill him, we must kill him outright. But we cant do that, not as things are. Poor wretch! He has done us no harm. `Oh hasnt he! said Sam rubbing his shoulder. `Anyway he meant to, and he means to, Ill warrant. Throttle us in our sleep, thats his plan. I daresay, said Frodo. `But what he means to do is another matter. He paused for a while in thought. Gollum lay still, but stopped whimpering. Sam stood glowering over him. It seemed to Frodo then that he heard, quite plainly but far off, voices out of the past: What a pity Bilbo did not stub the vile creature, when he had a chance! Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. I do not feel any pity for Gollum. He deserves death. Deserves death! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give that to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends. `Very well, he answered aloud, lowering his sword. But still I am afraid. And yet, as you see, I will not touch the creature. For now that I see him, I do pity him. ~Evenstar
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 03:04:48 +0000
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