Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Siege of Gondor
Illnewscamesoonagain.ThepassageofAnduinwaswonbytheEnemy.FaramirwasretreatingtothewallofthePelennor,rallyinghismentotheCausewayForts;buthewastentimesoutnumbered.
‘IfhewinsbackatallacrossthePelennor,hisenemieswillbeonhisheels,’saidthemessenger.‘Theyhavepaiddearforthecrossingbutlessdearlythanwehoped.Theplanhasbeenwelllaid.ItisnowseenthatinsecrettheyhavelongbeenbuildingfloatsandbargesingreatnumbersinEastOsgiliath.Theyswarmedacrosslikebeetles.ButitistheBlackCaptainthatdefeatsus.Fewwillstandandabideeventherumourofhiscoming.Hisownfolkquailathim,andtheywouldslaythemselvesathisbidding.’
‘ThenIamneededtheremorethanhere,’saidGandalf,androdeoffatonce,andtheglimmerofhimfadedsoonfromsight.AndallthatnightPippinaloneandsleeplessstooduponthewallandgazedeastward.
Thebellsofdayhadscarcelyrungoutagain,amockeryintheunlighteneddark,whenfarawayhesawfiresspringup,acrossinthedimspaceswherethewallsofthePelennorstood.Thewatchmencriedaloud,andallmenintheCitystoodtoarms.Noweverandanontherewasaredflash,andslowlythroughtheheavyairdullrumblescouldbeheard.
‘Theyhavetakenthewall!’mencried.‘Theyareblastingbreachesinit.Theyarecoming!’
‘WhereisFaramir?’criedBeregondindismay.‘Saynotthathehasfallen!’
ItwasGandalfthatbroughtthefirsttidings.
