Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Steward and the King
Andasforthepassingofthedays,itisnowonlyMayandhighsummerisnotyetin;andthoughallthingsmayseemchanged,asifanageoftheworldhadgoneby,yettothetreesandthegrassitislessthanayearsinceyousetout."
"Pippin,"saidFrodo,"didn’tyousaythatGandalfwaslessclosethanofold?Hewaswearyofhislaboursthen,Ithink.Nowheisrecovering."
AndGandalfsaid:"Manyfolkliketoknowbeforehandwhatistobesetonthetable;butthosewhohavelabouredtopreparethefeastliketokeeptheirsecret;forwondermakesthewordsofpraiselouder.AndAragornhimselfwaitsforasign."
TherecameadaywhenGandalfcouldnotbefound,andtheCompanionswonderedwhatwasgoingforward.ButGandalftookAragornoutfromtheCitybynight,andhebroughthimtothesouthernfeetofMountMindolluin;andtheretheyfoundapathmadeinagespastthatfewnowdaredtotread.Foritledupontothemountaintoahighhallowwhereonlythekingshadbeenwonttogo.Andtheywentupbysteepways,untiltheycametoahighfieldbelowthesnowsthatcladtheloftypeaks,anditlookeddownovertheprecipicethatstoodbehindtheCity.Andstandingtheretheysurveyedthelands,forthemorningwascome;andtheysawthetowersoftheCityfarbelowthemlikewhitepencilstouchedbythesunlight,andalltheValeofAnduinwaslikeagarden,andtheMountainsofShadowwereveiledinagoldenmist.
