Властелин колец: Две башни
The Voice of Saruman
Thelandisrisingalittlehere,andismorebrokenthanitwasbeyondtheriver.ButseehowtheWhiteMountainsaredrawingnearunderthestars!YonderaretheThrihyrnepeakslikeblackspears.ItwillnotbelongbeforewereachthebranchingroadsandcometotheDeeping-coomb,wherethebattlewasfoughttwonightsago.’
Pippinwassilentagainforawhile.HeheardGandalfsingingsoftlytohimself,murmuringbriefsnatchesofrhymeinmanytongues,asthemilesranunderthem.Atlastthewizardpassedintoasongofwhichthehobbitcaughtthewords:afewlinescamecleartohisearsthroughtherushingofthewind:
Tallshipsandtallkings
Threetimesthree,
Whatbroughttheyfromthefounderedland
Overtheflowingsea?
Sevenstarsandsevenstones
Andonewhitetree.
’Whatareyousaying,Gandalf?’askedPippin.
’IwasjustrunningoversomeoftheRhymesofLoreinmymind’answeredthewizard.’Hobbits,Isuppose,haveforgottenthem,eventhosethattheyeverknew.’
’No,notall,’saidPippin.’Andwehavemanyofourown,whichwouldn’tinterestyou,perhaps.ButIhaveneverheardthisone.Whatisitabout-thesevenstarsandsevenstones?’
’AboutthepalantírioftheKingsofOld,’saidGandalf.
’Andwhatarethey?’
’Thenamemeantthatwhichlooksfaraway.TheOrthanc-stonewasone.’
’Thenitwasnotmade,notmade’-Pippinhesitated-’bytheEnemy?’
’No,’saidGandalf.’NorbySaruman.Itisbeyondhisart,andbeyondSauron’stoo.ThepalantíricamefrombeyondWesternessefromEldamar.
