Властелин колец: Две башни
The Road to Isengard
theirpinnaclessharpasthepointsofspears,keen-edgedasknives.Betweenthemwasanarrowspace,andthereuponafloorofpolishedstone,writtenwithstrangesigns,amanmightstandfivehundredfeetabovetheplain.ThiswasOrthanc,thecitadelofSaruman,thenameofwhichhad(bydesignorchance)atwofoldmeaning;forintheElvishspeechorthancsignifiesMountFang,butinthelanguageoftheMarkofoldtheCunningMind.
AstrongplaceandwonderfulwasIsengard,andlongithadbeenbeautiful;andtheregreatlordshaddwelt,thewardensofGondorupontheWest,andwisementhatwatchedthestars.ButSarumanhadslowlyshapedittohisshiftingpurposes,andmadeitbetter.ashethought,beingdeceived-forallthoseartsandsubtledevices,forwhichheforsookhisformerwisdom,andwhichfondlyheimaginedwerehisown.camebutfromMordor;sothatwhathemadewasnaught,onlyalittlecopy,achild’smodeloraslave’sflattery,ofthatvastfortress.armoury,prison,furnaceofgreatpower,Barad-dûr,theDarkTower,whichsufferednorival,andlaughedatflattery,bidingitstime,secureinitsprideanditsimmeasurablestrength.
ThiswasthestrongholdofSaruman,asfamereportedit;forwithinlivingmemorythemenofRohanhadnotpasseditsgates,saveperhapsafew,suchasWormtongue,whocameinsecretandtoldnomanwhattheysaw.
NowGandalfrodetothegreatpillaroftheHand,andpassedit:andashedidsotheRiderssawtotheirwonderthattheHandappearednolongerwhite.
