And sudden, as I did go past one of the fire-pits, I saw that
the fire made a dull shining upon some monstrous thing that did
move before me, upon the far side of the fire. And I came in one
moment unto a swift silence, and hid among the rocks of the bottom
of the Gorge. And I lookt very cautious at the thing that moved
beyond the fire, and surely I had seen no thing so monstrous since
that I had come free of the Night Land; for it was as that some
huge Creature, like to the hull of a great ship did move down out
of the dark of the upper way of the Gorge. And it went by the
fire-hole, and onward into the dark of the lower way of the Gorge;
and I had perceived somewhat of it, as it did go past the fire,
and, surely, it was black and beslimed, and utter great in height
and in len
