"Flight to the Ford" (IV)

No word coming out from Frodo yet. Given that the part devoted to narrating today's events is very short, in normal circumstances one should not be worried, but knowing that Frodo is wounded and in pain, his silence is even more eloquent. Today, the sixth day after the attack on Weathertop, we have reached the top of a slope from which we can see a prospect of hills, the Road, and two rivers, one near the Road and another one in the distance, which Strider identifies, respectively, as the Hoarwell (Mitheithel for the Elves) and the Loudwater, the Bruinen of Rivendell. We have to get back to the Road and Strider is worried about how to cross the River, pondering on the strong possibilities of finding the Enemy at the last bridge. Yet, as he very well says, let's not anticipate: "One bridge at a time". Keep on walking.