Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Houses of Healing
ButitismycounselthatGandalfshouldruleusallinthedaysthatfollowandinourdealingswiththeEnemy.’Andtheyagreeduponthat.
ThenGandalfsaid:‘Letusnotstayatthedoor,forthetimeisurgent.Letusenter!ForitisonlyinthecomingofAragornthatanyhoperemainsforthesickthatlieintheHouse.ThusspakeIoreth,wise-womanofGondor:Thehandsofthekingarethehandsofahealer,andsoshalltherightfulkingbeknown.’
ThenAragornenteredfirstandtheothersfollowed.AndthereatthedoorweretwoguardsintheliveryoftheCitadel:onetall,buttheotherscarcetheheightofaboy;andwhenhesawthemhecriedaloudinsurpriseandjoy.
‘Strider!Howsplendid!Doyouknow,Iguesseditwasyouintheblackships.Buttheywereallshoutingcorsairsandwouldn’tlistentome.Howdidyoudoit?’
Aragornlaughed,andtookthehobbitbythehand.‘Wellmetindeed!’hesaid.‘Butthereisnottimeyetfortravellers’tales.’
ButImrahilsaidtoÉomer:‘Isitthusthatwespeaktoourkings?Yetmaybehewillwearhiscrowninsomeothername!’
AndAragornhearinghim,turnedandsaid:‘Verily,forinthehightongueofoldIamElessar,theElfstone,andEnvinyatar,theRenewer’:andheliftedfromhisbreastthegreenstonethatlaythere.‘ButStridershallbethenameofmyhouse,ifthatbeeverestablished.Inthehightongueitwillnotsoundsoill,andTelcontarIwillbeandalltheheirsofmybody.’
