Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Black Gate Opens
AtnightfallofthefifthdayofthemarchfromMorgulValetheymadetheirlastcamp,andsetfiresaboutitofsuchdeadwoodandheathastheycouldfind.Theypassedthehoursofnightinwakefulnessandtheywereawareofmanythingshalf-seenthatwalkedandprowledallaboutthem,andtheyheardthehowlingofwolves.Thewindhaddiedandalltheairseemedstill.Theycouldseelittle,forthoughitwascloudlessandthewaxingmoonwasfournightsold,thereweresmokesandfumesthatroseoutoftheearthandthewhitecrescentwasshroudedinthemistsofMordor.
Itgrewcold.Asmorningcamethewindbegantostiragain,butnowitcamefromtheNorth,andsoonitfreshenedtoarisingbreeze.Allthenight-walkersweregone,andthelandseemedempty.Northamidtheirnoisomepitslaythefirstofthegreatheapsandhillsofslagandbrokenrockandblastedearth,thevomitofthemaggot-folkofMordor;butsouthandnownearloomedthegreatrampartofCirithGorgor,andtheBlackGateamidmost,andthetwoTowersoftheTeethtallanddarkuponeitherside.ForintheirlastmarchtheCaptainshadturnedawayfromtheoldroadasitbenteast,andavoidedtheperilofthelurkinghills,andsonowtheywereapproachingtheMorannonfromthenorth-west,evenasFrodohaddone.
ThetwovastirondoorsoftheBlackGateunderitsfrowningarchwerefastclosed.Uponthebattlementnothingcouldbeseen.Allwassilentbutwatchful.
