Where The Grass Grows Green II: On Bended Knee: 4. Cair Andros
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cleaning of the field took many days. Haldor toiled there from
first light until the sun set. He saw the Orcs gathering, and
Men as well; a second army that joined those left. But he did
not see the Chieftain again, nor did he hear any tidings of him.
On the second day after the battle the wounded prisoners were
moved, taken into the Black Land, most of them never to be seen
again. They numbered a third of the survivors.  Haldor guessed
that his Chieftain had been taken with the others, but Aragorn
was not moved. He was kept in the cage, far from the other
prisoners. He therefore knew but little of the movements of
troops that the others saw. He could hear the marching of orcs
and men when they passed by, but he did not know that the Enemy
used the days to gather another army to strike against Gondor.
On the third day the army moved.  That day and the next the army
marched. The Lieuten