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Match each term to it's sentence.
But it was not by design of your own that you became ____ed in them, and
so I will not blame such part as you have played – a valiant one, I
doubt not. But I pray you, allow me first to speak with the King of
Rohan, my neighbour, and once my friend.
I grieve that so much that was good now ____s in the tower. Still for us things have not gone badly. Strange are the turns of fortune!
‘Peace!’ said Saruman, and for a fleeting moment his voice was
less ____, and a light flickered in his eyes and was gone. ‘I do not
speak to you yet, Gimli Glo´in’s son,’ he said.
We spent a busy time after that, searching the ____, and
rummaging about. We found two or three store-rooms in different
places nearby, above the flood-level. But Treebeard sent some Ents
down, and they carried off a great deal of the stuff.
‘Well?’ it said now with gentle question. ‘Why must you disturb my rest? Will you give me no peace at all by night or day?’ Its tone was that of a kindly heart ____d by injuries undeserved.
The tower was in the middle of a spinning whirlwind. I saw iron posts and blocks
of ____ go rocketing up hundreds of feet, and smash against the
windows of Orthanc.
It opened direct into a large chamber, with other smaller doors at the far end, and a _____ and chimney at one side. The chamber was hewn out of the stone; and it must once have been dark, for its windows looked out only into the tunnel. But light came in now through the broken roof. On the ____ wood was burning.
‘When have I been hasty or ___, who have waited and prepared for so many long years?’ said Aragorn.
They passed through the ruined tunnel and stood upon a heap of stones, gazing at the dark rock of Orthanc, and its many windows, a menace still in the ____ that lay all about it
His face was long, with a high forehead, he had deep darkling
eyes, hard to ____, though the look that they now bore was grave
and benevolent, and a little weary.