Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Tower of Cirith Ungol
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AwaybelowShagratwentleapingdownthestairsandoutoverthecourtandthroughthegate,bearinghispreciousburden.IfSamcouldhaveseenhimandknownthegriefthathisescapewouldbring,hemighthavequailed.Butnowhismindwassetonthelaststageofhissearch.Hecamecautiouslytotheturret-doorandsteppedinside.Itopenedintodarkness.Butsoonhisstaringeyeswereawareofadimlightathisrighthand.Itcamefromanopeningthatledtoanotherstairway,darkandnarrow:itappearedtogowindinguptheturretalongtheinsideofitsroundouterwall.Atorchwasglimmeringfromsomewhereupabove.
SoftlySambegantoclimb.Hecametothegutteringtorch,fixedaboveadooronhisleftthatfacedawindow-slitlookingoutwestward:oneoftheredeyesthatheandFrodohadseenfromdownbelowbythetunnel’smouth.QuicklySampassedthedoorandhurriedontothesecondstorey,dreadingatanymomenttoheattackedandtofeelthrottlingfingersseizehisthroatfrombehind.Hecamenexttoawindowlookingeastandanothertorchabovethedoortoapassagethroughthemiddleoftheturret.Thedoorwasopen,thepassagedarksavefortheglimmerofthetorchandtheredglarefromoutsidefilteringthroughthewindow-slit.Butherethestairstoppedandclimbednofurther.Samcreptintothepassage.Oneithersidetherewasalowdoor;bothwereclosedandlocked.Therewasnosoundatall.
"Adeadend,"mutteredSam;"andafterallmyclimb!Thiscan’tbethetopofthetower.
