Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Siege of Gondor
FenHollenitwascalled,foritwaskeptevershutsaveattimesoffuneral,andonlytheLordoftheCitymightusethatway,orthosewhoborethetokenofthetombsandtendedthehousesofthedead.BeyonditwentawindingroadthatdescendedinmanycurvesdowntothenarrowlandundertheshadowofMindolluin’sprecipicewherestoodthemansionsofthedeadKingsandoftheirStewards.
Aportersatinalittlehousebesidetheway,andwithfearinhiseyeshecameforthbearingalanterninhishand.AttheLord’scommandheunlockedthedoor,andsilentlyitswungback;andtheypassedthrough,takingthelanternfromhishand.Itwasdarkontheclimbingroadbetweenancientwallsandmany-pillaredbalustersloomingintheswayinglantern-beam.Theirslowfeetechoedastheywalkeddown,down,untilatlasttheycametotheSilentStreet,RathDínen,betweenpaledomesandemptyhallsandimagesofmenlongdead;andtheyenteredintotheHouseoftheStewardsandsetdowntheirburden.
TherePippin,staringuneasilyabouthim,sawthathewasinawidevaultedchamber,drapedasitwerewiththegreatshadowsthatthelittlelanternthrewuponitsshroudedwalls.Anddimlytobeseenweremanyrowsoftables,carvedofmarble;anduponeachtablelayasleepingform,handsfolded,headpilloweduponstone.Butonetablenearathandstoodbroadandbare.UponitatasignfromDenethortheylaidFaramirandhisfathersidebyside,andcoveredthemwithonecovering,andstoodthenwithbowedheadsasmournersbesideabedofdeath.
