Властелин колец: Две башни
The Window on the West
ButevenasIspokewithyou,Idrewnearertothemark,andsodeliberatelyshotwider.ForyoumustknowthatmuchisstillpreservedofancientloreamongtheRulersofthecitythatisnotspreadabroad.WeofmyhousearenotofthelineofElendil.thoughthebloodofNúmenorisinus.ForwereckonbackourlinetoMardil,thegoodsteward,whoruledintheking’ssteadwhenhewentawaytowar.AndthatwasKingEärnur,lastofthelineofAnárion,andchildless,andhecameneverback.Andthestewardshavegovernedthecitysincethatday,thoughitwasmanygenerationsofMenago.
’AndthisIrememberofBoromirasaboy,whenwetogetherlearnedthetaleofoursiresandthehistoryofourcity,thatalwaysitdispleasedhimthathisfatherwasnotking."Howmanyhundredsofyearsneedsittomakeastewardaking,ifthekingreturnsnot?"heasked."Fewyears,maybe,inotherplacesoflessroyalty,"myfatheranswered."InGondortenthousandyearswouldnotsuffice."Alas!poorBoromir.Doesthatnottellyousomethingofhim?’
’Itdoes,’saidFrodo.`YetalwayshetreatedAragornwithhonour.’
’Idoubtitnot,’saidFaramir.`IfheweresatisfiedofAragorn’sclaimasyousay,hewouldgreatlyreverencehim.Butthepinchhasnotyetcome.TheyhadnotyetreachedMinasTirithorbecomerivalsinherwars.
`ButIstray.
