Book 3, Chapter 5 Summary

The story returns to Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas. Aragorn is a master of tracking, but even he cannot find a sign or a track of the old man they saw the night before. Thus, it seems that they saw a phantom of Saruman instead of Saruman himself.

They track the hobbits to the edge of Fangorn Forest and walk into it, despite the warnings they received from Celeborn. Then, as they travel through Fangorn, they spy a gray-robed figure that they think it is Saruman. The three companions are about to attack him, but he uses magic to make them to drop their weapons. Then, as he talks to them, they see that is actually wearing white -- the color of Saruman. Once again, the three try to attack him, but he makes them drop their weapons again. Then he shows...