Властелин колец: Две башни
The Road to Isengard
InthemidstofthefieldbeforetheHornburgtwomoundswereraised,andbeneaththemwerelaidalltheRidersoftheMarkwhofellinthedefence,thoseoftheEastDalesupononeside,andthoseofWestfoldupontheother.Ina_gravealoneundertheshadowoftheHornburglayHáma,captainoftheKing’sguard.HefellbeforetheGate.
TheOrcswerepiledingreatheaps,awayfromthemoundsofMen,notfarfromtheeavesoftheforest.Andthepeopleweretroubledintheirminds;fortheheapsofcarrionweretoogreatforburialorforburning.Theyhadlittlewoodforfiring,andnonewouldhavedaredtotakeanaxetothestrangetrees,evenifGandalfhadnotwarnedthemtohurtneitherbarknorboughattheirgreatperil.
’LettheOrcslie,’saidGandalf.’Themorningmaybringnewcounsel.’
IntheafternoontheKing’scompanypreparedtodepart.Theworkofburialwasthenbutbeginning;andThéodenmournedforthelossofHáma,hiscaptain,andcastthefirstearthuponhisgrave.’GreatinjuryindeedhasSarumandonetomeandallthisland,’hesaid;’andIwillrememberit,whenwemeet.’
ThesunwasalreadydrawingnearthehillsuponthewestoftheCoomb,whenatlastThéodenandGandalfandtheircompanionsrodedownfromtheDike.Behindthemweregatheredagreathost,bothoftheRidersandofthepeopleofWestfold,oldandyoung,womenandchildren,whohadcomeoutfromthecaves.
