Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Houses of Healing
Andhecommandedthathisbannershouldbefurled;andhedidofftheStaroftheNorthKingdomandgaveittothekeepingofthesonsofElrond.
ThenthePrinceImrahilandÉomerofRohanlefthimandpassedthroughtheCityandthetumultofthepeople,andmountedtotheCitadel;andtheycametotheHalloftheTower,seekingtheSteward.Buttheyfoundhischairempty,andbeforethedaislayThéodenKingoftheMarkuponabedofstate;andtwelvetorchesstoodaboutit,andtwelveguards,knightsbothofRohanandGondor.Andthehangingsofthebedwereofgreenandwhite,butuponthekingwaslaidthegreatclothofgolduptohisbreast,anduponthathisunsheathedsword,andathisfeethisshield,Thelightofthetorchesshimmeredinhiswhitehairlikesuninthesprayofafountain,buthisfacewasfairandyoung,savethatapeacelayonitbeyondthereachofyouth;anditseemedthatheslept.
Whentheyhadstoodsilentforatimebesidetheking,Imrahilsaid:‘WhereistheSteward?AndwherealsoisMithrandir?’
Andoneoftheguardsanswered:‘TheStewardofGondorisintheHousesofHealing.’
ButÉomersaid:‘WhereistheLadyÉowyn,mysister;forsurelysheshouldbelyingbesidetheking,andinnolesshonour?Wherehavetheybestowedher?’
AndImrahilsaid:‘ButtheLadyÉowynwasyetlivingwhentheyboreherhither.
