![]() A spasm of pain seemed to twist him, and he turned away, peering back up towards the pass, shaking his head, as if engaged in some interior debate. ![]() The gleam faded from his eyes and they went dim and grey, old and tired. A strange expression passed over his lean hungry face. This desire, overcoming him, caused him to murder his friend and has come to separate him from all companionship and all affection. Indeed the Ring has dominated every waking thought and every dream since he first caught sight of it as his friend, Déagol, held it aloft by the waters of the Gladden Fields long ago. His desire for the Ring, The Precious for poor Sméagol, as Sam put it, has shaped his very being ever since he lost it to Bilbo Baggins in the tunnels deep beneath the Misty Mountains. He has been making final preparations for the betrayal of the hobbits that he has guided since falling into their hands at the foot of the Emyn Muil a betrayal that he hopes will enable him to regain the Ring. As Frodo and Sam take a final rest of peace before they seek to enter Mordor Gollum returns.
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