![]() ![]() They start picking their way towards the marshes the next day, and despite their best efforts to shake their follower, Gollum continues to tail them.This time, they succeed-they have emerged from Emyn Muil.He wants to lower Sam down using the rest of their rope he'll climb down after.The hobbits attempt to find some shelter, but it seems like the storm is clearing up, so Frodo continues to press the issue.He can't see and he can't find a handhold, so Sam lowers some rope and hauls Frodo back up.But-surprise, surprise-Frodo gets stuck on a ledge in the middle of the cliff face.Frodo is so impatient that, even though the sun is setting and the weather is getting nasty, he insists on trying to clamber down right now.The hobbits find a part of the rock face of Emyn Muil that looks easier to climb down.Frodo says no, and Sam hopes they've shaken Gollum off.Sam asks if Frodo has seen Gollum following them recently?.This sounds like a great time for a food break.Frodo is starting to despair, as time is of the essence.Oh, and to top off this Very Bad Situation, we can't even get to the marshes in the first place, because we're stuck here in a forest of rocks. ![]() Translation: We have to go to this stinkin' marsh, nevermind the fact that we actually have no desire to do so.As Sam says, "What a fix! That's the one place in all the lands we've ever heard of that we don't want to see any closer and that's the one place we're trying to get to! And that's just where we can't get, nohow" (4.1.4).They are trying to climb down to the Dead Marshes, but they just can't seem to find their way out of the rocks.It has been three days since Sam and Frodo left the Company behind at Amon Hen, and they are completely lost in the rocks of Emyn Muil.Let's shift gears, shall we? It's time to check in with our dynamic duo: Frodo and Sam.
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