Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
Minas Tirith
Heclimbedonthebenchandtriedtopeeroutofawindow,butitwaslikelookingintoapoolofink.Hegotdownandclosedtheshutterandwenttobed.ForawhilehelayandlistenedforsoundsofGandalf’sreturn,andthenhefellintoanuneasysleep.
Inthenighthewaswakenedbyalight,andhesawthatGandalfhadcomeandwaspacingtoandfrointheroombeyondthecurtainofthealcove.Therewerecandlesonthetableandrollsofparchment.Heheardthewizardsigh,andmutter:‘WhenwillFaramirreturn?’
‘Hullo!’saidPippin,pokinghisheadroundthecurtain.‘Ithoughtyouhadforgottenallaboutme.Iamgladtoseeyouback.Ithasbeenalongday.’
‘Butthenightwillbetooshort,’saidGandalf.‘Ihavecomebackhere,forImusthavealittlepeace,alone.Youshouldsleep,inabedwhileyoustillmay.AtthesunriseIshalltakeyoutotheLordDenethoragain.No,whenthesummonscomes,notatsunrise.TheDarknesshasbegun.Therewillbenodawn.’
