Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Siege of Gondor
TheNazgûlgavealongwailingcryandswervedaway;andwiththatthefourotherswavered,andthenrisinginswiftspiralstheypassedawayeastwardvanishingintotheloweringcloudabove;anddownonthePelennoritseemedforawhilelessdark.
Pippinwatched,andhesawthehorsemanandtheWhiteRidermeetandhalt,waitingforthoseonfoot.MennowhurriedouttothemfromtheCity;andsoontheyallpassedfromsightundertheouterwalls,andheknewthattheywereenteringtheGate.GuessingthattheywouldcomeatoncetotheTowerandtheSteward,hehurriedtotheentranceofthecitadel.Therehewasjoinedbymanyotherswhohadwatchedtheraceandtherescuefromthehighwalls.
Itwasnotlongbeforeaclamourwasheardinthestreetsleadingupfromtheoutercircles,andtherewasmuchcheeringandcryingofthenamesofFaramirandMithrandir.PresentlyPippinsawtorches,andfollowedbyapressofpeopletwohorsemenridingslowly:onewasinwhitebutshiningnolonger,paleinthetwilightasifhisfirewasspentorveiled;theotherwasdarkandhisheadwasbowed.Theydismounted,andasgroomstookShadowfaxandtheotherhorse,theywalkedforwardtothesentinelatthegate:Gandalfsteadily,hisgreycloakflungback,andafirestillsmoulderinginhiseyes;theother,cladallingreen,slowly,swayingalittleasawearyorawoundedman.
Pippinpressedforwardastheypassedunderthelampbeneaththegate-arch,andwhenhesawthepalefaceofFaramirhecaughthisbreath.
