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At last Sam could bear it no longer. "What´s all this, Gollum?" he said in a whisper. "These lights? They´re all round us now. Are we trapped? Who are they?"

Gollum looked up. A dark water was before him, and he was crawling on the ground, this way and that, doubtful of the way. "Yes, they are all round us," he whispered. "The tricksy lights. Candles of corpses, yes, yes. Don´t you heed them! Don´t look! Don´t follow them! Where´s the master?"

Sam looked back and found that Frodo had lagged again. He could not see him. He went some paces back into the darkness, not daring to move far, or to call in more than a hoarse whisper. Suddenly he stumbled against Frodo, who was standing lost in thought, looking at the pale lights. His hands hung stiff at his sides; water and slime were dripping from them.
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J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
akrylic on cardboard

Description
...

At last Sam could bear it no longer. "What´s all this, Gollum?" he said in a whisper. "These lights? They´re all round us now. Are we trapped? Who are they?"

Gollum looked up. A dark water was before him, and he was crawling on the ground, this way and that, doubtful of the way. "Yes, they are all round us," he whispered. "The tricksy lights. Candles of corpses, yes, yes. Don´t you heed them! Don´t look! Don´t follow them! Where´s the master?"

Sam looked back and found that Frodo had lagged again. He could not see him. He went some paces back into the darkness, not daring to move far, or to call in more than a hoarse whisper. Suddenly he stumbled against Frodo, who was standing lost in thought, looking at the pale lights. His hands hung stiff at his sides; water and slime were dripping from them.
...

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
akrylic on cardboard