Caravaggio St Jerome

Caravaggio St JeromeCaravaggio Nativity with St. Francis and St. LawrenceCaravaggio Madonna with the SerpentMoran Yosemite Valley Vernal Falls
few more hours and you would have been beyond our aid. But you have some strength in you, my dear hobbit! As you showed in the Barrow. That was touch and go: perhaps the most dangerous moment of all. I wish you could have held out at Weathertop.''You seem to know a great deal already,' said Frodo. `I have not spoken to the others about the Barrow. At first it was too horrible; and afterwards there were other things to think about. supposed to talk or worry about anything today, by Elrond's orders.'`But talking would stop me thinking and wondering, which are quite as tiring,' said Frodo. 'I am wide awake now, and I remember so many things that want explaining. Why were you delayed? You ought to tell me that at least.''You will soon hear all you wish to know,' said Gandalf. 'We shall have a Council, as soon as you are well enough. At the moment I will only say that I was held captive.''You?' cried Frodo.How do you know about it?''You have talked long in your sleep, Frodo,' said Gandalf gently, 'and it has not been hard for me to read your mind and memory. Do not worry! Though I said "absurd" just now, I did not mean it. I think well of you – and of the others. It is no small feat to have come so far, and through such dangers, still bearing the Ring.''We should never have done it without Strider,' said Frodo. `But we needed you. I did not know what to do without you.''I was delayed,' said Gandalf, `and that nearly proved our ruin. And yet I am not sure; it may have been better so.''I wish you would tell me what happened!''All in good time! You are not