Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
Mount Doom
Frodogroaned;butwithagreateffortofwillhestaggeredup;andthenhefelluponhiskneesagain.HeraisedhiseyeswithdifficultytothedarkslopesofMountDoomtoweringabovehim,andthenpitifullyhebegantocrawlforwardonhishands.
Samlookedathimandweptinhisheart,butnotearscametohisdryandstingingeyes."IsaidI’dcarryhim,ifitbrokemyback,"hemuttered,"andIwill!"
"Come,Mr.Frodo!"hecried."Ican’tcarryitforyou,butIcancarryyouanditaswell.Soupyouget!Comeon,Mr.Frododear!Samwillgiveyouaride.Justtellhimwheretogo,andhe’llgo."
AsFrodoclunguponhisback,armslooselyabouthisneck,legsclaspedfirmlyunderhisarms,Samstaggeredtohisfeet;andthentohisamazementhefelttheburdenlight.Hehadfearedthathewouldhavebarelystrengthtolifthismasteralone,andbeyondthathehadexpectedtoshareinthedreadfuldraggingweightoftheaccursedRing.Butitwasnotso.WhetherbecauseFrodowassowornbyhislongpains,woundofknife,andvenomoussting,andsorrow,fear,andhomelesswandering,orbecausesomegiftoffinalstrengthwasgiventohim,SamliftedFrodowithnomoredifficultythanifhewerecarryingahobbit-childpig-a-backinsomeromponthelawnsorhayfieldsoftheShire.Hetookadeepbreathandstartedoff.
TheyhadreachedtheMountain’sfootonitsnorthernside,andalittletothewestward;thereitslonggreyslopes,thoughbroken,werenotsheer.
