Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
Minas Tirith
ThereisagreatfleetdrawingneartothemouthsofAnduin,mannedbythecorsairsofUmbarintheSouth.TheyhavelongceasedtofearthemightofGondor,andtheyhavealliedthemwiththeEnemy,andnowmakeaheavystrokeinhiscause.ForthisattackwilldrawoffmuchofthehelpthatwelookedtohavefromLebenninandBelfalas,wherefolkarehardyandnumerous.AllthemoredoourthoughtsgonorthtoRohan;andthemoregladareweforthesetidingsofvictorythatyoubring.
‘Andyet’-hepausedandstoodup,andlookedround,north,east,andsouth-‘thedoingsatIsengardshouldwarnusthatwearecaughtnowinagreatnetandstrategy.Thisisnolongerabickeringatthefords,raidingfromIthilienandfromAnórien,ambushingandpillaging.Thisisagreatwarlong-planned,andwearebutonepieceinit,whateverpridemaysay.ThingsmoveinthefarEastbeyondtheInlandSea,itisreported;andnorthinMirkwoodandbeyond;andsouthinHarad.Andnowallrealmsshallbeputtothetest,tostand,orfall-undertheShadow.
‘Yet,MasterPeregrin,wehavethishonour:everwebearthebruntofthechiefhatredoftheDarkLord,forthathatredcomesdownoutofthedepthsoftimeandoverthedeepsoftheSea.Herewillthehammer-strokefallhardest.AndforthatreasonMithrandircamehitherinsuchhaste.Forifwefall,whoshallstand?And,MasterPeregrin,doyouseeanyhopethatweshallstand?’
Pippindidnotanswer.
