Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Scouring of the Shire
Frodohadbeeninthebattle,buthehadnotdrawnsword,andhischiefparthadbeentopreventthehobbitsintheirwrathattheirlosses,fromslayingthoseoftheirenemieswhothrewdowntheirweapons.Whenthefightingwasover,andthelaterlabourswereordered,Merry,Pippin,andSamjoinedhim,andtheyrodebackwiththeCottons.Theyatealatemiddaymeal,andthenFrodosaidwithasigh:"Well,Isupposeitistimenowthatwedealtwiththe"Chief"."
"Yesindeed;thesoonerthebetter,"saidMerry."Anddon’tbetoogentle!He’sresponsibleforbringingintheseruffians,andforalltheeviltheyhavedone."
FarmerCottoncollectedanescortofsometwodozensturdyhobbits."Forit’sonlyaguessthatthereisnoruffiansleftatBagEnd,"hesaid."Wedon’tknow."Thentheysetoutonfoot.Frodo,Sam,Merry,andPippinledtheway.
Itwasoneofthesaddesthoursintheirlives.Thegreatchimneyroseupbeforethem;andastheydrewneartheoldvillageacrosstheWater,throughrowsofnewmeanhousesalongeachsideoftheroad,theysawthenewmillinallitsfrowninganddirtyugliness:agreatbrickbuildingstraddlingthestream,whichitfouledwithasteamingandstinkingoverflow.AllalongtheBywaterRoadeverytreehadbeenfelled.
AstheycrossedthebridgeandlookeduptheHilltheygasped.EvenSam’svisionintheMirrorhadnotpreparedhimforwhattheysaw.
