Властелин колец: Две башни
The Window on the West
`Howyouhaveincreasedmysorrow,youtwostrangewanderersfromafarcountry,bearingtheperilofMen!ButyouarelessjudgesofMenthanIofHalflings.Wearetruth-speakers,wemenofGondor.Weboastseldom,andthenperform,ordieintheattempt.NotifIfounditonthehighwaywouldItakeitIsaid.EvenifIweresuchamanastodesirethisthing,andeventhoughIknewnotclearlywhatthisthingwaswhenIspoke,stillIshouldtakethosewordsasavow,andbeheldbythem.
’ButIamnotsuchaman.OrIamwiseenoughtoknowthattherearesomeperilsfromwhichamanmustflee.Sitatpeace!Andbecomforted,Samwise.Ifyouseemtohavestumbled,thinkthatitwasfatedtobeso.Yourheartisshrewdaswellasfaithful,andsawclearerthanyoureyes.Forstrangethoughitmayseem,itwassafetodeclarethistome.Itmayevenhelpthemasterthatyoulove.Itshallturntohisgood,ifitisinmypower.Sobecomforted.Butdonotevennamethisthingagainaloud.Onceisenough.’
Thehobbitscamebacktotheirseatsandsatveryquiet.Menturnedbacktotheirdrinkandtheirtalk,perceivingthattheircaptainhadhadsomejestorotherwiththelittleguests,andthatitwasover.
’Well,Frodo,nowatlastweunderstandoneanother,’saidFaramir.’Ifyoutookthisthingonyourself,unwilling,atothers’asking,thenyouhavepityandhonourfromme.AndImarvelatyou:tokeepithidandnottouseit.Youareanewpeopleandanewworldtome.
