Moria

Frodo notices Gollum

Gandalf:

Now we have but one choice. We must face the long dark of Moria. Be on your guard! There are older and fouler things than orcs in the deep places of the world. It is a four day journey to the other side. Let us hope our presence may go unnoticed.

Pippin:

almost falls down the stairs

Merry:

Pippin!

Gandalf:

I have no memory of this place.

Pippin:

Are we lost?

Merry:

No, we're not lost.

Pippin:

I think we're lost.

Merry:

Quiet, Gandalf's thinking.

Pippin:

Merry? I'm hungry.

Frodo:

(sees something behind them) There's something down there.

Gandalf:

It's Gollum. He's been following us for three days.

Frodo:

He escaped from the dungeons of Barad-dûr?

Gandalf:

Escaped, or was set loose. Gollum hates and loves the ring, as he hates and loves himself. He will never be free of his need for it.

Frodo:

Pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance.

Gandalf:

Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many who live deserve death, and some who die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends, but my heart tells me that Gollum still has a part to play, for good or ill. Before this is over, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many.

Frodo:

I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had ever happened.

Gandalf:

So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time we are given. There are other forces at work in the world than the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the ring, which means that you also were meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought. Ah! It's this way.

Merry:

He's remembered!

Gandalf:

No, but the air smells less foul down here. When in doubt, Meriadoc, always follow your nose.
Let me risk a little more light.

--They see a huge cavern, held up with immense pillars.--

Gandalf:

Behold! The great realm of the dwarven city of Dwarrowdelf.

Sam:

Well, that's an eye-opener and no mistake!