Властелин колец: Возвращение короля

           GandalfitwasthatlastspoketoFaramirereherodeeast.‘Donotthrowyourliveawayrashlyorinbitterness,’hesaid.‘Youwillbeneededhere,forotherthingsthanwar.Yourfatherlovesyou,Faramir,andwillrememberiteretheend.Farewell!’

           SonowtheLordFaramirhadgoneforthagain,andhadtakenwithhimsuchstrengthofmenaswerewillingtogoorcouldbespared.Onthewallssomegazedthroughthegloomtowardstheruinedcity,andtheywonderedwhatchancedthere,fornothingcouldbeseen.Andothers,asever,lookednorthandcountedtheleaguestoThéodeninRohan.‘Willhecome?Willherememberouroldalliance?’theysaid.

           ‘Yes,hewillcome,’saidGandalf,‘evenifhecomestoolate.Butthink!AtbesttheRedArrowcannothavereachedhimmorethantwodaysago,andthemilesarelongfromEdoras.’

           Itwasnightagainerenewscame.Amanrodeinhastefromthefords,sayingthatahosthadissuedfromMinasMorgulandwasalreadydrawingnightoOsgiliath;andithadbeenjoinedbyregimentsfromtheSouth,Haradrim,cruelandtall.‘Andwehavelearned‘saidthemessenger,‘thattheBlackCaptainleadsthemonceagain,andthefearofhimhaspassedbeforehimovertheRiver.’

           Withthoseill-bodingwordsthethirddayclosedsincePippincametoMinasTirith.Fewwenttorest,forsmallhopehadanynowthatevenFaramircouldholdthefordsforlong.

           Thenextday,thoughthedarknesshadreacheditsfullandgrewnodeeper,itweighedheavieronmen’shearts,andagreatdreadwasonthem.