Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Siege of Gondor
Theredeepseatsweresetaboutabrazierofcharcoal;andwinewasbrought;andtherePippin,hardlynoticed,stoodbehindthechairofDenethorandfelthiswearinesslittle,soeagerlydidhelistentoallthatwassaid.
WhenFaramirhadtakenwhitebreadanddrunkadraughtofwine,hesatuponalowchairathisfather’slefthand.RemovedalittleupontheothersidesatGandalfinachairofcarvenwood;andheseemedatfirsttobeasleep.ForatthebeginningFaramirspokeonlyoftheerranduponwhichhehadbeensentouttendaysbefore,andhebroughttidingsofIthilienandofmovementsoftheEnemyandhisallies;andhetoldofthefightontheroadwhenthemenofHaradandtheirgreatbeastwereoverthrown:acaptainreportingtohismastersuchmattersashadoftenbeenheardbefore,smallthingsofborder-warthatnowseemeduselessandpetty,shornoftheirrenown.
ThensuddenlyFaramirlookedatPippin.‘Butnowwecometostrangematters,’hesaid.‘ForthisisnotthefirsthalflingthatIhaveseenwalkingoutofnorthernlegendsintotheSouthlands.’
AtthatGandalfsatupandgrippedthearmsofhischair;buthesaidnothing,andwithalookstoppedtheexclamationonPippin’slips.Denethorlookedattheirfacesandnoddedhishead,asthoughinsignthathehadreadmuchtherebeforeitwasspoken.Slowly,whiletheotherssatsilentandstill,Faramirtoldhistale,withhiseyesforthemostpartonGandalf,thoughnowandagainhisglancestrayedtoPippin,asiftorefreshhismemoryofothersthathehadseen.
