Welcoming Gandalf to Isengard, Saruman tries to persuade him that power could be had for ones such as their kind if they used the ruling ring.
  
 
 
  
Gwaihir the Windlord rescues Gandalf from Saruman's treachery and bears him to Edoras.
  
 
 
  
Leaving the washing up for Lobelia Sackvillle-Baggins, Frodo, Pippin and Sam set out and make for green hill country.
  
 
 
  
Frodo and his companions come upon elves in Woody End. By firelight Frodo talks long into the night with Gildor. 
    Frodo: "Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes." 
    Gildor: "Advice is a dangerous gift."
  
 
 
  
Glancing back over the Brandywine river Sam spies a dark crouching shadow, seemingly searching, beneath the twinkling lamp light
   
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