Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
Minas Tirith
HeturnedhisdarkeyesonGandalf,andnowPippinsawalikenessbetweenthetwo,andhefeltthestrainbetweenthem,almostasifhesawalineofsmoulderingfire,drawnfromeyetoeye,thatmightsuddenlyburstintoflame.
DenethorlookedindeedmuchmorelikeagreatwizardthanGandalfdid,morekingly,beautiful,andpowerful;andolder.YetbyasenseotherthansightPippinperceivedthatGandalfhadthegreaterpowerandthedeeperwisdom,andamajestythatwasveiled.Andhewasolder,farolder.‘Howmucholder?’hewondered,andthenhethoughthowodditwasthathehadneverthoughtaboutitbefore.Treebeardhadsaidsomethingaboutwizards,buteventhenhehadnotthoughtofGandalfasoneofthem.WhatwasGandalf?Inwhatfartimeandplacedidhecomeintotheworld,andwhenwouldheleaveit?Andthenhismusingsbrokeoff,andhesawthatDenethorandGandalfstilllookedeachotherintheeye,asifreadingtheother’smind.ButitwasDenethorwhofirstwithdrewhisgaze.
‘Yea,’hesaid;‘forthoughtheStonesbelost,theysay,stillthelordsofGondorhavekeenersightthanlessermen,andmanymessagescometothem.Butsitnow!’
Thenmencamebearingachairandalowstool,andonebroughtasalverwithasilverflagonandcups,andwhitecakes.Pippinsatdown,buthecouldnottakehiseyesfromtheoldlord.Wasitso,orhadheonlyimaginedit,thatashespokeoftheStonesasuddengleamofhiseyehadglanceduponPippin’sface?
‘Nowtellmeyourtale,myliege,’saidDenethor,halfkindly;halfmockingly.
