Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Siege of Gondor
‘Sobeit,’saidFaramir.
‘Sobeit!’criedDenethor.‘Butnotwithyourdeathonly,LordFaramir:withthedeathalsoofyourfather,andofallyourpeople,whomitisyourparttoprotectnowthatBoromirisgone.’
‘Doyouwishthen,’saidFaramir,‘thatourplaceshadbeenexchanged?’
‘Yes,Iwishthatindeed,’saidDenethor.‘ForBoromirwasloyaltomeandnowizard’spupil.Hewouldhaverememberedhisfather’sneed,andwouldnothavesquanderedwhatfortunegave.Hewouldhavebroughtmeamightygift.’
ForamomentFaramir’srestraintgaveway.‘Iwouldaskyou,myfather,torememberwhyitwasthatI,nothe,wasinIthilien.Ononeoccasionatleastyourcounselhasprevailed,notlongago.ItwastheLordoftheCitythatgavetheerrandtohim.’
‘StirnotthebitternessinthecupthatImixedformyself,’saidDenethor.‘HaveInottasteditnowmanynightsuponmytongueforebodingthatworseyetlayinthedregs?AsnowindeedIfind.Woulditwerenotso!Wouldthatthisthinghadcometome!’
‘Comfortyourself!’saidGandalf.‘InnocasewouldBoromirhavebroughtittoyou.Heisdead,anddiedwell;mayhesleepinpeace!Yetyoudeceiveyourself.Hewouldhavestretchedouthishandtothisthing,andtakingithewouldhavefallen.Hewouldhavekeptitforhisown,andwhenhereturnedyouwouldnothaveknownyourson.’
ThefaceofDenethorsethardandcold.‘YoufoundBoromirlessapttoyourhand,didyounot?’hesaidsoftly.
