Властелин колец: Возвращение короля

           Ineverystreettheypassedsomegreathouseorcourtoverwhosedoorsandarchedgateswerecarvedmanyfairlettersofstrangeandancientshapes:namesPippinguessedofgreatmenandkindredsthathadoncedweltthere;andyetnowtheyweresilent,andnofootstepsrangontheirwidepavements,norvoicewasheardintheirhalls,noranyfacelookedoutfromdoororemptywindow.

           Atlasttheycameoutofshadowtotheseventhgate,andthewarmsunthatshonedownbeyondtheriver,asFrodowalkedinthegladesofIthilien,glowedhereonthesmoothwallsandrootedpillars,andthegreatarchwithkeystonecarveninthelikenessofacrownedandkinglyhead.Gandalfdismounted,fornohorsewasallowedintheCitadel,andShadowfaxsufferedhimselftobeledawayatthesoftwordofhismaster.

           TheGuardsofthegatewererobedinblack,andtheirhelmswereofstrangeshape,high-crowned,withlongcheek-guardsclose-fittingtotheface,andabovethecheek-guardsweresetthewhitewingsofsea-birds;butthehelmsgleamedwithaflameofsilver,fortheywereindeedwroughtofmithril,heirloomsfromthegloryofolddays.Upontheblacksurcoatswereembroideredinwhiteatreeblossominglikesnowbeneathasilvercrownandmany-pointedstars.ThiswastheliveryoftheheirsofElendil,andnoneworeitnowinallGondor,savetheGuardsoftheCitadelbeforetheCourtoftheFountainwheretheWhiteTreeoncehadgrown.

           Alreadyitseemedthatwordoftheircominghadgonebeforethem:andatoncetheywereadmitted,silently,andwithoutquestion.