Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Last Debate
‘Asformyself,’saidÉomer,‘Ihavelittleknowledgeofthesedeepmatters;butIneeditnot.ThisIknow,anditisenough,thatasmyfriendAragornsuccouredmeandmypeople,soIwillaidhimwhenhecalls.Iwillgo.’
‘Asforme,’saidImrahil,‘theLordAragornIholdtobemyliege-lord,whetherheclaimitorno.Hiswishistomeacommand.Iwillgoalso.YetforawhileIstandintheplaceoftheStewardofGondor,anditisminetothinkfirstofitspeople.Toprudencesomeheedmuststillbegiven.Forwemustprepareagainstallchances,goodaswellasevil.Now,itmaybethatweshalltriumph,andwhilethereisanyhopeofthis,Gondormustbeprotected.IwouldnothaveusreturnwithvictorytoaCityinruinsandalandravagedbehindus.AndyetwelearnfromtheRohirrimthatthereisanarmystillunfoughtuponournorthernflank.’
‘Thatistrue,’saidGandalf.‘IdonotcounselyoutoleavetheCityallunmanned.IndeedtheforcethatweleadeastneednotbegreatenoughforanyassaultinearnestuponMordor,solongasitbegreatenoughtochallengebattle.Anditmustmovesoon.ThereforeIasktheCaptains:whatforcecouldwemusterandleadoutintwodays’timeatthelatest?Andtheymustbehardymenthatgowillingly,knowingtheirperil.’
‘Allareweary,andverymanyhavewoundslightorgrievous,’saidÉomer,‘andwehavesufferedmuchlossofourhorses,andthatisilltobear.
