Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
Minas Tirith
‘Forthewordsofonewhommysonsobefriendedwillbewelcomeindeed.’
PippinneverforgotthathourinthegreathallunderthepiercingeyeoftheLordofGondor,stabbedeverandanonbyhisshrewdquestions,andallthewhileconsciousofGandalfathisside,watchingandlistening,and(soPippinfelt)holdingincheckarisingwrathandimpatience.WhenthehourwasoverandDenethoragainrangthegong,Pippinfeltwornout.‘Itcannotbemorethannineo’clock,’hethought.‘Icouldnoweatthreebreakfastsonend.’
‘LeadtheLordMithrandirtothehousingpreparedforhim,’saidDenethor,‘andhiscompanionmaylodgewithhimforthepresent,ifhewill.ButbeitknownthatIhavenowswornhimtomyservice,andheshallbeknownasPeregrinsonofPaladinandtaughtthelesserpass-words.SendwordtotheCaptainsthattheyshallwaitonmehere,assoonasmaybeafterthethirdhourhasrung.
‘Andyou,myLordMithrandir,shallcometoo,asandwhenyouwill.Noneshallhinderyourcomingtomeatanytime,saveonlyinmybriefhoursofsleep.Letyourwrathatanoldman’sfollyrunoffandthenreturntomycomfort!’
‘Folly?’saidGandalf.‘Nay,mylord,whenyouareadotardyouwilldie.Youcanuseevenyourgriefasacloak.DoyouthinkthatIdonotunderstandyourpurposeinquestioningforanhouronewhoknowstheleast,whileIsitby?’
‘Ifyouunderstandit,thenbecontent,’returnedDenethor.
