Властелин колец: Возвращение короля

           PippinmarvelledattheamountthattheLordseemedtoknowaboutapeoplethatlivedfaraway,thoughitmust,hethought,bemanyyearssinceDenethorhimselfhadriddenabroad.

           PresentlyDenethorwavedtoPippinanddismissedhimagainforawhile.‘GotothearmouriesoftheCitadel,’hesaid,‘andgetyoutheretheliveryandgearoftheTower.Itwillbeready.Itwascommandedyesterday.Returnwhenyouareclad!’

           Itwasashesaid;andPippinsoonfoundhimselfarrayedinstrangegarments,allofblackandsilver.Hehadasmallhauberk,itsringsforgedofsteel,maybe,yetblackasjet;andahigh-crownedhelmwithsmallraven-wingsoneitherside,setwithasilverstarinthecentreofthecirclet.Abovethemailwasashortsurcoatofblack,butbroideredonthebreastinsilverwiththetokenoftheTree.Hisoldclotheswerefoldedandputaway,buthewaspermittedtokeepthegreycloakofLórien,thoughnottowearitwhenonduty.Helookednow,hadheknownit,verilyErniliPheriannath,thePrinceoftheHalflings,thatfolkhadcalledhim;buthefeltuncomfortable.Andthegloombegantoweighonhisspirits.

           Itwasdarkanddimallday.Fromthesunlessdawnuntileveningtheheavyshadowhaddeepened,andallheartsintheCitywereoppressed.FaraboveagreatcloudstreamedslowlywestwardfromtheBlackLand,devouringlight,borneuponawindofwar;butbelowtheairwasstillandbreathless,asifalltheValeofAnduinwaitedfortheonsetofaruinousstorm.

           Abouttheeleventhhour,releasedatlastforawhilefromservice.