Властелин колец: Возвращение короля

           See!thatishealing.HadhebeensmittenbysomedartoftheNazgûl,asyouthought,hewouldhavediedthatnight.ThishurtwasgivenbysomeSouthronarrow,Iwouldguess.Whodrewitforth?Wasitkept?’

           ‘Idrewitforth,’saidImrahil,‘andstaunchedthewound.ButIdidnotkeepthearrow,forwehadmuchtodo.Itwas,asIremember,justsuchadartastheSouthronsuse.YetIbelievedthatitcamefromtheShadowsabove,forelsehisfeverandsicknesswerenottobeunderstood;sincethewoundwasnotdeeporvital.Howthendoyoureadthematter?’

           ‘Weariness,griefforhisfather’smood,awound,andoveralltheBlackBreath,’saidAragorn.‘Heisamanofstaunchwill,foralreadyhehadcomecloseundertheShadowbeforeeverherodetobattleontheout-walls.Slowlythedarkmusthavecreptonhim,evenashefoughtandstrovetoholdhisoutpost.WouldthatIcouldhavebeenheresooner!’

           Thereupontheherb-masterentered.‘Yourlordshipaskedforkingsfoil,astherusticsnameit,hesaid;orathelasinthenobletongue,ortothosewhoknowsomewhatoftheValinorean...’

           ‘Idoso,’saidAragorn,‘andIcarenotwhetheryousaynowasëaaranionorkingsfoil,solongasyouhavesome.’

           ‘Yourpardonlord!’saidtheman.‘Iseeyouarealore-master,notmerelyacaptainofwar.Butalas!sir,wedonotkeepthisthingintheHousesofHealing,whereonlythegravelyhurtorsickaretended.Forithasnovirtuethatweknowof,saveperhapstosweetenafouledair,ortodriveawaysomepassingheaviness.