Властелин колец: Две башни
The King of the Golden Hall
InthoseyearsWormtongue’staskwaseasy,andallthatyoudidwasswiftlyknowninIsengard;foryourlandwasopen,andstrangerscameandwent.AndeverWormtongue’swhisperingwasinyourears,poisoningyourthought,chillingyourheart,weakeningyourlimbs,whileotherswatchedandcoulddonothing,foryourwillwasinhiskeeping.
’ButwhenIescapedandwarnedyou,thenthemaskwastorn,forthosewhowouldsee.AfterthatWormtongueplayeddangerously,alwaysseekingtodelayyou,topreventyourfullstrengthbeinggathered.Hewascrafty:dullingmen’swariness,orworkingontheirfears,asservedtheoccasion.Doyounotrememberhoweagerlyheurgedthatnomanshouldbesparedonawildgoosechasenorthward,whentheimmediateperilwaswestward?HepersuadedyoutoforbidÉomertopursuetheraidingOrcs.IfÉomerhadnotdefiedWormtongue’svoicespeakingwithyourmouth,thoseOrcswouldhavereachedIsengardbynow,bearingagreatprize.NotindeedthatprizewhichSarumandesiresaboveallelse,butattheleasttwomembersofmyCompany,sharersofasecrethope,ofwhicheventoyou,lord,Icannotyetspeakopenly.Dareyouthinkofwhattheymightnowbesuffering,orwhatSarumanmightnowhavelearnedtoourdestruction?’
’IowemuchtoÉomer,’saidThéoden.’Faithfulheartmayhaveforwardtongue.’’Sayalso,’saidGandalf,’thattocrookedeyestruthmaywearawryface.’
’Indeedmyeyeswerealmostblind,’saidThéoden.’MostofallIowetoyou,myguest.Onceagainyouhavecomeintime.
