Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Tower of Cirith Ungol
"Nowforit!"HedrewStingandrantowardstheopengate.Butjustashewasabouttopassunderitsgreatarchhefeltashock:asifhehadrunintosomeweblikeShelob’s,onlyinvisible.Hecouldseenoobstacle,butsomethingtoostrongforhiswilltoovercomebarredtheway.Helookedabout,andthenwithintheshadowofthegatehesawtheTwoWatchers.
Theywerelikegreatfiguresseateduponthrones.Eachhadthreejoinedbodies,andthreeheadsfacingoutward,andinward,andacrossthegateway.Theheadshadvulture-faces,andontheirgreatkneeswerelaidclawlikehands.Theyseemedtobecarvedoutofhugeblocksofstone,immovable,andyettheywereaware:somedreadfulspiritofevilvigilanceabodeinthem.Theyknewanenemy.Visibleorinvisiblenonecouldpassunheeded.Theywouldforbidhisentry,orhisescape.
HardeninghiswillSamthrustforwardonceagain,andhaltedwithajerk,staggeringasiffromablowuponhisbreastandhead.Thengreatlydaring,becausehecouldthinkofnothingelsetodo,answeringasuddenthoughtthatcametohim,hedrewslowlyoutthephialofGaladrielandhelditup.Itswhitelightquickenedswiftly,andtheshadowsunderthedarkarchfled.ThemonstrousWatcherssattherecoldandstill,revealedinalltheirhideousshape.ForamomentSamcaughtaglitterintheblackstonesoftheireyes,theverymaliceofwhichmadehimquail;butslowlyhefelttheirwillwaverandcrumbleintofear.
