Властелин колец: Две башни
Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
Butasforus,weareHobbitsoftheShire,fartotheNorthandWest,beyondmanyrivers.FrodosonofDrogoismyname,andwithmeisSamwisesonofHamfast,aworthyhobbitinmyservice.Wehavecomebylongways-outofRivendell,orImladrisassomecallit.’HereFaramirstartedandgrewintent.’Sevencompanionswehad:onewelostatMoria,theothersweleftatParthGalenaboveRauros:twoofmykin;aDwarftherewasalso,andanElf,andtwoMen.TheywereAragorn;andBoromir,whosaidthathecameoutofMinasTirith,acityintheSouth.’
’Boromir!’allthefourmenexclaimed.
’BoromirsonoftheLordDenethor?’saidFaramir,andastrangesternlookcameintohisface.’Youcamewithhim?Thatisnewsindeed,ifitbetrue.Know,littlestrangers,thatBoromirsonofDenethorwasHighWardenoftheWhiteTower,andourCaptain-General:sorelydowemisshim.Whoareyouthen,andwhathadyoutodowithhim?Beswift,fortheSunisclimbing!’
’AretheriddlingwordsknowntoyouthatBoromirbroughttoRivendell?’Frodoreplied.
SeekfortheSwordthatwasBroken.
InImladrisitdwells.
’Thewordsareknownindeed,’saidFaramirinastonishment.`Itissometokenofyourtruththatyoualsoknowthem.’
`AragornwhomInamedisthebeareroftheSwordthatwasBroken,’saidFrodo.’AndwearetheHalflingsthattherhymespokeof.’
`ThatIsee,’saidFaramirthoughtfully.`OrIseethatitmightbeso.AndwhatisIsildur’sBane?’
`Thatishidden,’answeredFrodo.`Doubtlessitwillbemadeclearintime.’
