"A Knife in the Dark" (IV)

The hobbits and Strider keep plodding along; the days are tiring and the nights comfortless. They are still pestered by midges, but the Neekerbreekers have fortunately been left behind. Nothing else happens during the day worth writing about but, at night, Frodo finds it difficult to fall asleep. Strider cannot answer his question concerning the white flashes they can see in the eastern sky, but he is alert, "standing silent and watchful".