Властелин колец: Две башни
The Road to Isengard
Longitseemedtothemthattheysatandwereafraid;butatlastthedarknessandtherumourpassed,andvanishedbetweenthemountain’sarms.
AwaysouthupontheHornburg,inthemiddlenightmenheardagreatnoise,asawindinthevalley,andthegroundtrembled;andallwereafraidandnooneventuredtogoforth.Butinthemorningtheywentoutandwereamazed;fortheslainOrcsweregone,andthetreesalso.FardownintothevalleyoftheDeepthegrasswascrushedandtrampledbrown,asifgiantherdsmenhadpasturedgreatdrovesofcattlethere;butamilebelowtheDikeahugepithadbeendelvedintheearth,andoveritstoneswerepiledintoahill.MenbelievedthattheOrcswhomtheyhadslainwereburiedthere;butwhetherthosewhohadfledintothewoodwerewiththem,nonecouldsay,fornomaneversetfootuponthathill.TheDeathDownitwasafterwardscalled,andnograsswouldgrowthere.ButthestrangetreeswereneverseeninDeeping-coombagain;theyhadreturnedatnight,andhadgonefarawaytothedarkdalesofFangorn.ThustheywererevengedupontheOrcs.
Thekingandhiscompanysleptnomorethatnight;buttheysawandheardnootherstrangething,saveone:thevoiceoftheriverbesidethemsuddenlyawoke.Therewasarushofwaterhurryingdownamongthestones;andwhenithadpassed,theIsenflowedandbubbledinitsbedagain,asithadeverdone.
Atdawntheymadereadytogoon.Thelightcamegreyandpale,andtheydidnotseetherisingofthesun.
