Looking for beds for
the night the hobbits find themselves outside The Prancing Pony, an inn
run by old Barliman Butterbur
Frodo seeks to divert
attention from from Pippin's account of vanishing hobbits, little knowing
that his impromptu rendition of one of Bilbo's songs would lead to his
own vanishment.
The black riders stalk
the shadows and whisper their plans for death in the night.
