Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Scouring of the Shire
Folkgotangry,buthehadhisanswer.AlotofMen,ruffiansmostly,camewithgreatwaggons,sometocarryoffthegoodssouth-away,andotherstostay.Andmorecame.AndbeforeweknewwhereweweretheywereplantedhereandthereallovertheShire,andwerefellingtreesanddiggingandbuildingthemselvesshedsandhousesjustastheyliked.AtfirstgoodsanddamagewaspaidforbyPimple;butsoontheybeganlordingitaroundandtakingwhattheywanted.
"Thentherewasabitoftrouble,butnotenough.OldWilltheMayorsetoffforBagEndtoprotest,buthenevergotthere.RuffianslaidhandsonhimandtookandlockedhimupinaholeinMichelDelving,andthereheisnow.Andafterthat,itwouldbesoonafterNewYear,therewasn’tnomoreMayor,andPimplecalledhimselfChiefShirriff,orjustChief,anddidasheliked;andifanyonegot"uppish"astheycalledit,theyfollowedWill.Sothingswentfrombadtoworse.Therewasn’tnosmokeleft,savefortheMen;andtheChiefdidn’tholdwithbeer,saveforhisMen,andclosedalltheinns;andeverythingexceptRulesgotshorterandshorter,unlessonecouldhideabitofone’sownwhentheruffianswentroundgatheringstuffup"forfairdistribution":whichmeanttheygotitandwedidn’t,exceptfortheleavingswhichyoucouldhaveattheShirriff-houses,ifyoucouldstomachthem.Allverybad.ButsinceSharkeycameit’sbeenplainruination."
"WhoisthisSharkey?"saidMerry."Iheardoneoftheruffiansspeakofhim.
