Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
Mount Doom
HefeltthecoolmudabouthistoesashepaddledinthePoolatBywaterwithJollyCottonandTomandNibs,andtheirsisterRosie."Butthatwasyearsago,"hesighed,"andfaraway.Thewayback,ifthereisone,goespasttheMountain."
Hecouldnotsleepandheheldadebatewithhimself."Well,comenow,we’vedonebetterthanyouhoped,"hesaidsturdily."Beganwellanyway.Ireckonwecrossedhalfthedistancebeforewestopped.Onemoredaywilldoit."Andthenhepaused.
"Don’tbeafool,SamGamgee,"cameananswerinhisownvoice."Hewon’tgoanotherdaylikethat,ifhemovesatall.Andyoucan’tgoonmuchlongergivinghimallthewaterandmostofthefood."
"Icangoonagoodwaythough,andIwill."
"Whereto?"
"TotheMountain,ofcourse."
"Butwhatthen,SamGamgee,whatthen?Whenyougetthere,whatareyougoingtodo?Hewon’tbeabletodoanythingforhimself."
TohisdismaySamrealizedthathehadnotgotananswertothis.Hehadnoclearideaatall.Frodohadnotspokenmuchtohimofhiserrand,andSamonlyknewvaguelythattheRinghadsomehowtobeputintothefire."TheCracksofDoom,"hemuttered,theoldnamerisingtohismind."Well,ifMasterknowshowtofindthem,Idon’t."
"Thereyouare!"cametheanswer."It’sallquiteuseless.Hesaidsohimself.Youarethefool,goingonhopingandtoiling.