Властелин колец: Две башни
Flotsam and Jetsam
’Doesthatsettlethescorebetweenus?’hesaid.’Settleit!’criedGimli.’Mostnoblehobbit,itleavesmedeepinyourdebt.’
’Well,Iamgoingbackintotheopenair,toseewhatthewindandskyaredoing!’saidLegolas.
’Wewillcomewithyou,’saidAragorn.
Theywentoutandseatedthemselvesuponthepiledstonesbeforethegateway.Theycouldseefardownintothevalleynow;themistswereliftingandfloatingawayuponthebreeze.
’Nowletustakeoureasehereforalittle!’saidAragorn.’Wewillsitontheedgeofruinandtalk,asGandalfsays,whileheisbusyelsewhere.IfeelawearinesssuchasIhaveseldomfeltbefore.’Hewrappedhisgreycloakabouthim,hidinghismail-shirt,andstretchedouthislonglegs.Thenhelaybackandsentfromhislipsathinstreamofsmoke.
’Look!’saidPippin.’StridertheRangerhascomeback!’
’Hehasneverbeenaway,’saidAragorn.’IamStriderandDúnadantoo,andIbelongbothtoGondorandtheNorth.’
Theysmokedinsilenceforawhile,andthesunshoneonthem;slantingintothevalleyfromamongwhitecloudshighintheWest.Legolaslaystill,lookingupatthesunandskywithsteadyeyes,andsingingsoftlytohimself.Atlasthesatup.’Comenow!’hesaid.’Timewearson,andthemistsareblowingaway,orwouldifyoustrangefolkdidnotwreatheyourselvesinsmoke.Whatofthetale?’
’Well,mytalebeginswithwakingupinthedarkandfindingmyselfallstrung-upinanorc-camp,’saidPippin.
