Властелин колец: Возвращение короля

           Butmostofthetrafficwentoutalongthechiefhighway,andthatturnedsouth,andthenbendingswifterthantheRiverskirtedthehillsandpassedsoonfromsight.Itwaswideandwell-paved,andalongitseasternedgeranabroadgreenriding-track,andbeyondthatawall.Ontheridehorsemengallopedtoandfro,butallthestreetseemedtobechokedwithgreatcoveredwainsgoingsouth.ButsoonPippinsawthatallwasinfactwell-ordered:thewainsweremovinginthreelines,oneswifterdrawnbyhorses;anotherslower,greatwaggonswithfairhousingsofmanycolours,drawnbyoxen;andalongthewestrimoftheroadmanysmallercartshauledbytrudgingmen.

           ‘ThatistheroadtothevalesofTumladenandLossarnach,andthemountain-villages,andthenontoLebennin,’saidBeregond.‘Theregothelastofthewainsthatbearawaytorefugetheagedthechildren,andthewomenthatmustgowiththem.TheymustallbegonefromtheGateandtheroadclearforaleaguebeforenoon:thatwastheorder.Itisasadnecessity.’Hesighed.‘Few,maybe,ofthosenowsunderedwillmeetagain.Andtherewerealwaystoofewchildreninthiscity;butnowtherearenone-savesomeyoungladsthatwillnotdepart,andmayfindsometasktodo:myownsonisoneofthem.’

           Theyfellsilentforawhile.Pippingazedanxiouslyeastward,asifatanymomenthemightseethousandsoforcspouringoverthefields.‘WhatcanIseethere?’heasked,pointingdowntothemiddleofthegreatcurveoftheAnduin.