“No one answered. The noon-bell rang. Still no one spoke. Frodo glanced at all the faces, but they…”
“No one answered. The noon-bell rang. Still no one spoke. Frodo glanced at all the faces, but they were not turned to him. All the Council sat with downcast eyes, as if in deep thought. A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be spoken. An overwhelming longing to rest and remain at peace by Bilbo’s side in Rivendell filled all his heart. At last with an effort he spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some other will was using his small voice.
`I will take the Ring,’ he said, `though I do not know the way.‘”
– The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien (via kayleyhyde)
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Tags: it's a cool moment in the movie, but to experience it fully you really need, to come to it at the end of 100 pages, spent describing a single interminable staff meeting, speaking of which, it's my day in the office today, but exalted boss who is the best boss i've ever had, praise be his name, is on the road today, so with luck there will be no council of elrond.
