Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Grey Havens
WhenthepoorcreaturediednextSpring-shewasafterallmorethanahundredyearsold–Frodowassurprisedandmuchmoved:shehadleftallthatremainedofhermoneyandofLotho’sforhimtouseinhelpinghobbitsmadehomelessbythetroubles.Sothatfeudwasended.
OldWillWhitfoothadbeenintheLockholeslongerthanany,andthoughhehadperhapsbeentreatedlessharshlythansome,heneededalotoffeedingupbeforehecouldlookthepartofMayor;soFrodoagreedtoactashisDeputy,untilMr.Whitfootwasinshapeagain.TheonlythingthathedidasDeputyMayorwastoreducetheShirriffstotheirproperfunctionsandnumbers.ThetaskofhuntingoutthelastremnantoftheruffianswaslefttoMerryandPippin,anditwassoondone.Thesoutherngangs,afterhearingthenewsoftheBattleofBywater,fledoutofthelandandofferedlittleresistancetotheThain.BeforetheYear’sEndthefewsurvivorswereroundedupinthewoods,andthosethatsurrenderedwereshowntotheborders.
Meanwhilethelabourofrepairwentonapace,andSamwaskeptverybusy.Hobbitscanworklikebeeswhenthemoodandtheneedcomesonthem.Nowtherewerethousandsofwillinghandsofallages,fromthesmallbutnimbleonesofthehobbitladsandlassestothewell-wornandhornyonesofthegaffersandgammers.
