Властелин колец: Две башни
The Voice of Saruman
’Later!Yes,whenyoualsohavetheKeysofBarad-dûritself,Isuppose;andthecrownsofsevenkings,andtherodsoftheFiveWizards,andhavepurchasedyourselfapairofbootsmanysizeslargerthanthosethatyouwearnow.Amodestplan.Hardlyoneinwhichmyhelpisneeded!Ihaveotherthingstodo.Donotbeafool.Ifyouwishtotreatwithme,whileyouhaveachance,goaway,andcomebackwhenyouaresober!Andleavebehindthesecut-throatsandsmallrag-tagthatdangleatyourtail!Goodday!’Heturnedandleftthebalcony.
’Comeback,Saruman!’saidGandalfinacommandingvoice.Totheamazementoftheothers,Sarumanturnedagain.andasifdraggedagainsthiswill,hecameslowlybacktotheironrail,leaningonit,breathinghard.Hisfacewaslinedandshrunken.Hishandclutchedhisheavyblackstafflikeaclaw.
’Ididnotgiveyouleavetogo,’saidGandalfsternly.’Ihavenotfinished.Youhavebecomeafool,Saruman,andyetpitiable.Youmightstillhaveturnedawayfromfollyandevil,andhavebeenofservice.Butyouchoosetostayandgnawtheendsofyouroldplots.Staythen!ButIwarnyou.youwillnoteasilycomeoutagain.NotunlessthedarkhandsoftheEaststretchouttotakeyou.Saruman!’hecried,andhisvoicegrewinpowerandauthority.’Behold,IamnotGandalftheGrey,whomyoubetrayed.IamGandalftheWhite,whohasreturnedfromdeath.Youhavenocolournow,andIcastyoufromtheorderandfromtheCouncil.’
Heraisedhishand,andspokeslowlyinaclearcoldvoice.’Saruman,yourstaffisbroken.’
