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while, Gimli hoping to get back to the Mountain.(17)
Here ends Chapter XX.

('Chapter XX' was subsequently changed to 'XXI', and the numbers
of the chapter synopses that follow were also altered, as will be
explained in a moment.)

XXI What happened to Gimli and Legolas. They meet
Gandalf?
XXII What happened to Merry and Pippin. They are lost -
led astray by echoes - in the hunt, and wander away up

the Entwash River and come to Fangorn. Here they
meet with Giant Fangorn or Tree-beard. He takes them
to Minas Tirith.
XXIII. What happened in Minas Tirith. Siege by Sauron and
Saruman. Treachery of Boromir. Sudden arrival of
Gandalf - now become a white wizard. Treebeard
raises the siege. Enemy driven over the Anduin. Horse-
men of Rohan come to assistance.
XXIV. What happened to Frodo and Sam.

Comparison with the previous Plot (pp. 210 - 11) will show that
these synopses repeat, much more briefly, what was set out there, and
show no further development. At this juncture my father made various
alterations of chapter-structure in the plot-sketch. At the beginning, as
already noted (p. 324), he indicated that 'The Company sets off from
Tongue' should form the conclusion of Chapter XX ('Farewell to
Lorien'), while all that follows should constitute XXI (apart from the
story of Sam's tracking of Frodo and the encounter with Gollum,
which would be placed in a later chapter, as already decided: p. 329).
The brief synopses just given were now renumbered and slightly
reordered: XXII (Merry and Pippin); XXIII (Gimli and Legolas);
XXIV (Minas Tirith)., XXV (Frodo and Sam).(18)

(ii) Mordor.

While my father seems never to have doubted that after the breaking
of the Company the 'western' stories must be followed, the 'eastern'
story of Frodo and Sam was bursting into life and expression; and he
now at once went on with the outline of that story from the point
where he had left it (p. 329), noting: 'XXV: continuation after part
above.'

They sleep in pairs, so that one is always awake with
Gollum.(19)
Gollum all the while is scheming to betray Frodo. He leads
them cleverly over the Dead Marshes. There are dead green
faces in the stagnant pools; and the dry reeds hiss like snakes.
Frodo feels the strength of the searching eye as they proceed.