Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Land of Shadow
Sonowtheycrossedthestonybedandtooktotheorc-path,andforsometimetheymarchedalongit.Thecliffsattheirleftwereoverhung,andtheycouldnotbeseenfromabove;butthepathmademanybends,andateachbendtheygrippedtheirsword-hiltsandwentforwardcautiously.
Thelightgrewnostronger,forOrodruinwasstillbelchingforthagreatfumethat,beatenupwardsbytheopposingairs,mountedhigherandhigher,untilitreachedaregionabovethewindandspreadinanimmeasurableroof,whosecentralpillarroseoutoftheshadowsbeyondtheirview.Theyhadtrudgedformorethananhourwhentheyheardasoundthatbroughtthemtoahalt.Unbelievable,butunmistakable.Watertrickling.Outofagullyontheleft,sosharpandnarrowthatitlookedasiftheblackcliffhadbeenclovenbysomehugeaxe,watercamedrippingdown:thelastremains,maybe,ofsomesweetraingatheredfromsunlitseas,butill-fatedtofallatlastuponthewallsoftheBlackLandandwanderfruitlessdownintothedust.Hereitcameoutoftherockinalittlefallingstreamlet,andflowedacrossthepath,andturningsouthranawayswiftlytobelostamongthedeadstones.
Samsprangtowardsit."IfeverIseetheLadyagain,Iwilltellher!"hecried."Lightandnowwater!"Thenhestopped."LetmedrinkfirstMr.Frodo,"hesaid.
"Allright,butthere’sroomenoughfortwo."
"Ididn’tmeanthat,"saidSam.
