The passage in question could be from The Return of the King, Book VI, Chapter One, "The Tower of Cirith Ungol".

Sam had infiltrated the tower, which was full of dead orcs, to look for Frodo, when suddenly a live orc runs toward Sam, looking down.

It was no more than six paces from him when, lifting its head, it saw him; and Sam could hear its gasping breath and see the glare in its bloodshot eyes. It stopped short aghast. For what it saw was not a small frightened hobbit trying to hold a steady sword: it saw a great silent shape, cloaked in a grey shadow, looming against the wavering light behind; in one hand it held a sword, the very light of which was a bitter pain, the other was clutched at its breast, but held concealed some nameless menace of power and doom.

 

For a moment the orc crouched, and then with a hideous yelp of fear it turned and fled back as it had come.

In other passages, hobbits overhear orcs talking and describing their thoughts and feelings, but this is probably the only passage which directly states an orc's sensations and feelings.

The passage in question could be from The Return of the King, Book VI, Chapter One, "The Tower of Cirith Ungol".

Sam had infiltrated the tower, which was full of dead orcs, to look for Frodo, when suddenly a live orc runs toward Sam, looking down.

It was no more than six paces from him when, lifting its head, it saw him; and Sam could hear its gasping breath and see the glare in its bloodshot eyes. It stopped short aghast. For what it saw was not a small frightened hobbit trying to hold a steady sword: it saw a great silent shape, cloaked in a grey shadow, looming against the wavering light behind; in one hand it held a sword, the very light of which was a bitter pain, the other was clutched at its breast, but held concealed some nameless menace of power and doom.

For a moment the orc crouched, and then with a hideous yelp of fear it turned and fled back as it had come.

In other passages, hobbits overhear orcs talking and describing their thoughts and feelings, but this is probably the only passage which directly states an orc's sensations and feelings.

The passage in question could be from The Return of the King, Book VI, Chapter One, "The Tower of Cirith Ungol".

Same has infiltrated the tower full of dead orcs to look for Frodo, when suddenly a live orc runs toward Sam, looking down.

It was no more than six paces from him when, lifting its head, it saw him; and Sam could hear its gasping breath and see the glare in its bloodshot eyes. It stopped short aghast. For what it saw was not a small frightened hobbit trying to hold a steady sword: it saw a great silent shape, cloaked in a grey shadow, looming against the wavering light behind; in one hand it held a sword, the very light of which was a bitter pain, the other was clutched at its breast, but held concealed some nameless menace of power and doom.

For a moment the orc crouched, and then with a hideous yelp of fear it turned and fled back as it had come.

In other passages hobbits overhear orcs talking and describing their thoughts and feelings, but this is probably the only passage which directly states an orc's sensations and feelings.

The passage in question could be from The Return of the King, Book VI, Chapter One, "The Tower of Cirith Ungol".

Sam had infiltrated the tower, which was full of dead orcs, to look for Frodo, when suddenly a live orc runs toward Sam, looking down.

It was no more than six paces from him when, lifting its head, it saw him; and Sam could hear its gasping breath and see the glare in its bloodshot eyes. It stopped short aghast. For what it saw was not a small frightened hobbit trying to hold a steady sword: it saw a great silent shape, cloaked in a grey shadow, looming against the wavering light behind; in one hand it held a sword, the very light of which was a bitter pain, the other was clutched at its breast, but held concealed some nameless menace of power and doom.

For a moment the orc crouched, and then with a hideous yelp of fear it turned and fled back as it had come.

In other passages, hobbits overhear orcs talking and describing their thoughts and feelings, but this is probably the only passage which directly states an orc's sensations and feelings.