Властелин колец: Две башни
The Road to Isengard
TheretheLordoftheMarkwouldholdanassemblyofallthatcouldbeararms,ontheseconddayafterthefullmoon.ToridewithhimtoIsengardtheKingchoseÉomerandtwentymenofhishousehold.WithGandalfwouldgoAragorn,andLegolas,andGimli.Inspiteofhishurtthedwarfwouldnotstaybehind.
’Itwasonlyafeebleblowandthecapturnedit;’hesaid.’Itwouldtakemorethansuchanorc-scratchtokeepmeback.’
’Iwilltendit,whileyourest,’saidAragorn.
ThekingnowreturnedtotheHornburg,andslept,suchasleepofquietashehadnotknownformanyyears,andtheremainderofhischosencompanyrestedalso.Buttheothers,allthatwerenothurtorwounded,beganagreatlabour;formanyhadfalleninthebattleandlaydeaduponthefieldorintheDeep.
NoOrcsremainedalive;theirbodieswereuncounted.Butagreatmanyofthehillmenhadgiventhemselvesup;andtheywereafraid,andcriedformercy.
TheMenoftheMarktooktheirweaponsfromthem,andsetthemtowork.
’Helpnowtorepairtheevilinwhichyouhavejoined,’saidErkenbrand;’andafterwardsyoushalltakeanoathneveragaintopasstheFordsofIseninarms,nortomarchwiththeenemiesofMen;andthenyoushallgofreebacktoyourland.ForyouhavebeendeludedbySaruman.Manyofyouhavegotdeathastherewardofyourtrustinhim;buthadyouconquered,littlebetterwouldyourwageshavebeen.’
ThemenofDunlandwereamazed,forSarumanhadtoldthemthatthemenofRohanwerecruelandburnedtheircaptivesalive.
