Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Passing of the Grey Company
ButthatwayImustgo,sincetherearenonelivingtohelpme.’
Hestoodup.‘Come!’hecried,anddrewhissword,anditflashedinthetwilithalloftheBurg.‘TotheStoneofErech!IseekthePathsoftheDead.Comewithmewhowill!’
LegolasandGimlimadenoanswer,buttheyroseandfollowedAragornfromthehall.Onthegreentherewaited,stillandsilent,thehoodedRangers.LegolasandGimlimounted.AragornspranguponRoheryn.ThenHalbaradliftedagreathorn,andtheblastofitechoedinHelm’sDeep;andwiththattheyleaptaway,ridingdowntheCoomblikethunder,whileallthementhatwereleftonDikeorBurgstaredinamaze.
AndwhileThéodenwentbyslowpathsinthehills,theGreyCompanypassedswiftlyovertheplain,andonthenextdayintheafternoontheycametoEdoras;andtheretheyhaltedonlybriefly,eretheypassedupthevalley,andsocametoDunharrowasdarknessfell.
TheLadyÉowyngreetedthemandwasgladoftheircoming;fornomightiermenhadsheseenthantheDúnedainandthefairsonsofElrond;butonAragornmostofallhereyesrested.Andwhentheysatatsupperwithher,theytalkedtogether,andsheheardofallthathadpassedsinceThéodenrodeaway,concerningwhichonlyhastytidingshadyetreachedher;andwhensheheardofthebattleinHelm’sDeepandthegreatslaughteroftheirfoes,andofthechargeofThéodenandhisknights,thenhereyesshone.
Butatlastshesaid:‘Lords,youarewearyandshallnowgotoyourbedswithsucheaseascanbecontrivedinhaste.
