Then, in a moment, I did hear the Great Beast; for it bayed but
a little way up the stream, as that it had overshot the place where
the scent did end. And immediately, I sank swiftly into the water,
which was there so deep as my knee, and turned upon my belly. And
the water surged over my shoulders; for I kept my head above. And
so I did look eager and fearful through the steam into the shadows
and the half-darkness, towards where I did think to see the
Night-Hound.
And in a moment I saw it coming; and it was a little vague, by
reason of the smoke of the river; yet did seem black and monstrous
in the gloom, and great as a mighty horse. And it went past me at a
vast and lumbersome gallop; but I did not see it in that moment;
for I dived my head down unto the rock of the river bo
