Summary

Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Merry, and Pippin catch up while they share a meal. The hobbits tell them about Ents and share the pipe weed they found in Saruman’s cellar. Aragorn is worried that the pipe weed is from the Shire. He believes that there is a spy of Saruman in the Shire. Merry and Pippin tell them how the Ents attacked Isengard. They watched the entire army swept from Isengard, and then attacked. They broke through the gates and Saruman — who had been watching his army — ran toward Orthanc. The Ents just missed catching him before he entered. They smashed what they could, but could not harm Orthanc. Gandalf came during the night and talked to Treebeard and than went off again. The Ents broke the dam and flooded the area. They stopped the inflow during the night and the water is now receding...