Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Siege of Gondor
Greatbeastsdrewit,Orcssurroundedit,andbehindwalkedmountain-trollstowieldit.
ButabouttheGateresistancestillwasstout,andtheretheknightsofDolAmrothandthehardiestofthegarrisonstoodatbay.Shotanddartfellthick;siege-towerscrashedorblazedsuddenlyliketorches.AllbeforethewallsoneithersideoftheGatethegroundwaschokedwithwreckandwithbodiesoftheslain;yetstilldrivenasbyamadnessmoreandmorecameup.
Grondcrawledon.Uponitshousingnofirewouldcatch;andthoughnowandagainsomegreatbeastthathauleditwouldgomadandspreadstampingruinamongtheorcsinnumerablethatguardedit,theirbodieswerecastasidefromitspathandotherstooktheirplace.
Grondcrawledon.Thedrumsrolledwildly.Overthehillsofslainahideousshapeappeared:ahorseman,tall,hooded,cloakedinblack.Slowly,tramplingthefallen,herodeforth,heedingnolongeranydart.Hehaltedandheldupalongpalesword.Andashedidsoagreatfearfellonall,defenderandfoealike;andthehandsofmendroopedtotheirsides,andnobowsang.Foramomentallwasstill.
Thedrumsrolledandrattled.WithavastrushGrondwashurledforwardbyhugehands.ItreachedtheGate.Itswung.AdeepboomrumbledthroughtheCitylikethunderrunningintheclouds.Butthedoorsofironandpostsofsteelwithstoodthestroke.
ThentheBlackCaptainroseinhisstirrupsandcriedaloudinadreadfulvoice,speakinginsomeforgottentonguewordsofpowerandterrortorendbothheartandstone.
Thricehecried.
