Властелин колец: Две башни
The Window on the West
’ForsowereckonMeninourlore,callingthemtheHigh,orMenoftheWest,whichwereNúmenoreans;andtheMiddlePeoples,MenoftheTwilight,suchasaretheRohirrimandtheirkinthatdwellstillfarintheNorth;andtheWild,theMenofDarkness.
`Yetnow,iftheRohirrimaregrowninsomewaysmoreliketous,enhancedinartsandgentleness,wetoohavebecomemoreliketothem,andcanscarceclaimanylongerthetitleHigh.WearebecomeMiddleMen,oftheTwilight,butwithmemoryofotherthings.ForastheRohirrimdo,wenowlovewarandvalourasthingsgoodinthemselves,bothasportandanend;andthoughwestillholdthatawarriorshouldhavemoreskillsandknowledgethanonlythecraftofweaponsandslaying,weesteemawarrior,nonetheless,abovemenofothercrafts.Suchistheneedofourdays.Soevenwasmybrother,Boromir:amanofprowess,andforthathewasaccountedthebestmaninGondor.Andveryvaliantindeedhewas:noheirofMinasTirithhasforlongyearsbeensohardyintoil,soonwardintobattle,orblownamightiernoteontheGreatHorn.’Faramirsighedandfellsilentforawhile.
`Youdon’tsaymuchinallyourtalesabouttheElves,sir,’saidSam,suddenlypluckingupcourage.HehadnotedthatFaramirseemedtorefertoElveswithreverence,andthisevenmorethanhiscourtesy,andhisfoodandwine,hadwonSam’srespectandquietedhissuspicions.
`Noindeed,MasterSamwise,’saidFaramir,`forIamnotlearnedinElven-lore.
