Властелин колец: Возвращение короля

           ButIhaveanerrandtotheLordDenethorthatwillnotwait.TakecommandintheLord’sabsence!’

           Theypassedon;andastheyclimbedanddrewneartotheCitadeltheyfeltthewindblowingintheirfaces,andtheycaughttheglimmerofmorningfaraway,alightgrowinginthesouthernsky.Butitbroughtlittlehopetothem,notknowingwhatevillaybeforethem,fearingtocometoolate.

           ‘Darknessispassing,’saidGandalf,‘butitstillliesheavyonthisCity.’

           AtthegateoftheCitadeltheyfoundnoguard.‘ThenBeregondhasgone,’saidPippinmorehopefully.TheyturnedawayandhastenedalongtheroadtotheClosedDoor.Itstoodwideopen,andtheporterlaybeforeit.Hewasslainandhiskeyhadbeentaken.

           ‘WorkoftheEnemy!’saidGandalf.‘Suchdeedsheloves:friendatwarwithfriend;loyaltydividedinconfusionofhearts.’NowhedismountedandbadeShadowfaxreturntohisstable.‘For,myfriend,’hesaid,‘youandIshouldhaveriddentothefieldslongago,butothermattersdelayme.YetcomeswiftlyifIcall!’

           TheypassedtheDoorandwalkedondownthesteepwindingroad.Lightwasgrowing,andthetallcolumnsandcarvenfiguresbesidethewaywentslowlybylikegreyghosts.

           Suddenlythesilencewasbroken,andtheyheardbelowthemcriesandtheringingofswords:suchsoundsashadnotbeenheardinthehallowedplacessincethebuildingoftheCity.AtlasttheycametoRathDínenandhastenedtowardstheHouseoftheStewards,loominginthetwilightunderitsgreatdome.