"A Knife in the Dark" (III)

The group is now out of the forest and into a more difficult path. Thankfully, no Black Riders have disturbed their walk, although one cannot say the same of the midges that keep on feeding on hobbits as they walk through Midgewater. As Sam wonders: 'What do they live on when they can't get hobbit?' There are many creatures around,noisy ones, true, but to call them "abominable"... I wouldn't go that far, particularly when there are Black Riders around... Still, I bet it's going to be difficult to sleep with all that neek-breek, breek-neek.