Властелин колец: Две башни
The Riders of Rohan
ItwasinforgottenyearslongagothatEorltheYoungbroughtthemoutoftheNorth,andtheirkinshipisratherwiththeBardingsofDale,andwiththeBeorningsoftheWood,amongwhommaystillbeseenmanymentallandfair,asaretheRidersofRohan.AtleasttheywillnotlovetheOrcs.’
’ButGandalfspokeofarumourthattheypaytributetoMordor’saidGimli.
’IbelieveitnomorethandidBoromir,’answeredAragorn.
’Youwillsoonlearnthetruth,’saidLegolas.’Alreadytheyapproach.’
AtlengthevenGimlicouldhearthedistantbeatofgallopinghoofs.Thehorsemen,followingthetrail,hadturnedfromtheriver,andweredrawingnearthedowns.Theywereridinglikethewind.
Nowthecriesofclearstrongvoicescameringingoverthefields.Suddenlytheysweptupwithanoiselikethunder,andtheforemosthorsemanswerved,passingbythefootofthehill,andleadingthehostbacksouthwardalongthewesternskirtsofthedowns.Afterhimtheyrode:alonglineofmail-cladmen.swift,shining,fellandfairtolookupon.
Theirhorseswereofgreatstature,strongandclean-limbed;theirgreycoatsglistened,theirlongtailsflowedinthewind,theirmaneswerebraidedontheirproudnecks.TheMenthatrodethemmatchedthemwell:tallandlong-limbed;theirhair,flaxen-pale,flowedundertheirlighthelms,andstreamedinlongbraidsbehindthem;theirfacesweresternandkeen.
