Властелин колец: Возвращение короля

           Helookedatthegreatwalls,andthetowersandbravebanners,andthesuninthehighsky,andthenatthegatheringgloomintheEast;andhethoughtofthelongfingersofthatShadow:oftheorcsinthewoodsandthemountains,thetreasonofIsengard,thebirdsofevileye,andtheBlackRiderseveninthelanesoftheShire-andofthewingedterror,theNazgûl.Heshuddered,andhopeseemedtowither.Andevenatthatmomentthesunforasecondfalteredandwasobscured,asthoughadarkwinghadpassedacrossit.Almostbeyondhearinghethoughthecaught,highandfarupintheheavens,acry:faint,butheart-quelling,cruelandcold.Heblanchedandcoweredagainstthewall.

           ‘Whatwasthat?’askedBeregond.‘Youalsofeltsomething?’

           ‘Yes,’mutteredPippin.‘Itisthesignofourfall,andtheshadowofdoom,aFellRideroftheair.’

           ‘Yes,theshadowofdoom,’saidBeregond.‘IfearthatMinasTirithshallfall.Nightcomes.Theverywarmthofmybloodseemsstolenaway.’

           Foratimetheysattogetherwithbowedheadsanddidnotspeak.ThensuddenlyPippinlookedupandsawthatthesunwasstillshiningandthebannersstillstreaminginthebreeze.Heshookhimself.‘Itispassed,’hesaid.‘No,myheartwillnotyetdespair.Gandalffellandhasreturnedandiswithus.Wemaystand,ifonlyononeleg,oratleastbeleftstilluponourknees.’

           ‘Rightlysaid!’criedBeregond,risingandstridingtoandfro.‘Nay,thoughallthingsmustcomeutterlytoanendintime,Gondorshallnotperishyet.