Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Land of Shadow
InthatdalebehindtheMorannonwerethetunnelsanddeeparmouriesthattheservantsofMordorhadmadeforthedefenceoftheBlackGateoftheirland;andtherenowtheirLordwasgatheringinhastegreatforcestomeettheonslaughtoftheCaptainsoftheWest.Upontheout-thrustspursfortsandtowerswerebuilt,andwatch-firesburned;andallacrossthegapanearth-wallhadbeenraised,andadeeptrenchdelvedthatcouldbecrossedonlybyasinglebridge.
Afewmilesnorth,highupintheanglewherethewesternspurbranchedawayfromthemainrange,stoodtheoldcastleofDurthang,nowoneofthemanyorc-holdsthatclusteredaboutthedaleofUdun.Aroad,alreadyvisibleinthegrowinglight,camewindingdownfromit,untilonlyamileortwofromwherethehobbitslayitturnedeastandranalongashelfcutinthesideofthespur,andsowentdownintotheplain,andontotheIsenmouthe.
Tothehobbitsastheylookedoutitseemedthatalltheirjourneynorthhadbeenuseless.Theplaintotheirrightwasdimandsmoky,andtheycouldseethereneithercampsnortroopsmoving;butallthatregionwasunderthevigilanceofthefortsofCarachAngren.
"Wehavecometoadeadend,Sam,"saidFrodo."Ifwegoon,weshallonlycomeuptothatorc-tower,buttheonlyroadtotakeisthatroadthatcomesdownfromit–unlesswegoback.Wecan’tclimbupwestward,orclimbdowneastward."
"Thenwemusttaketheroad,Mr.Frodo,"saidSam.
