Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Black Gate Opens
TallerandbroaderthanMentheywere,andtheywerecladonlyinclose-fittingmeshofhornyscales,ormaybethatwastheirhideoushide;buttheyboreroundbucklershugeandblackandwieldedheavyhammersintheirknottedhands.Recklesstheysprangintothepoolsandwadedacross,bellowingastheycame.LikeastormtheybrokeuponthelineofthemenofGondor,andbeatuponhelmandhead,andarmandshieldassmithshewingthehotbendingiron.AtPippin’ssideBeregondwasstunnedandoverborne,andhefell;andthegreattroll-chiefthatsmotehimdownbentoverhim,reachingoutaclutchingclaw;forthesefellcreatureswouldbitethethroatsofthosethattheythrewdown.
ThenPippinstabbedupwards,andthewrittenbladeofWesternessepiercedthroughthehideandwentdeepintothevitalsofthetroll,andhisblackbloodcamegushingout.Hetoppledforwardandcamecrashingdownlikeafallingrock,buryingthosebeneathhim.BlacknessandstenchandcrushingpaincameuponPippin,andhismindfellawayintoagreatdarkness.
‘SoitendsasIguesseditwould,’histhoughtsaid,evenasitflutteredaway;anditlaughedalittlewithinhimereitfled,almostgayitseemedtobecastingoffatlastalldoubtandcareandfear.Andthenevenasitwingedawayintoforgetfulnessitheardvoices,andtheyseemedtobecryinginsomeforgottenworldfarabove:
‘TheEaglesarecoming!TheEaglesarecoming!’
ForonemomentmorePippin’sthoughthovered.‘Bilbo!’itsaid.‘Butno!Thatcameinhistale,longlongago
