Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Passing of the Grey Company
ButArod,thehorseofRohan,refusedtheway,andhestoodsweatingandtremblinginafearthatwasgrievoustosee.ThenLegolaslaidhishandsonhiseyesandsangsomewordsthatwentsoftinthegloom,untilhesufferedhimselftobeled,andLegolaspassedin.AndtherestoodGimlitheDwarfleftallalone.
Hiskneesshook,andhewaswrothwithhimself.‘Hereisathingunheardof!’hesaid.‘AnElfwillgoundergroundandaDwarfdarenot!’Withthatheplungedin.Butitseemedtohimthathedraggedhisfeetlikeleadoverthethreshold;andatonceablindnesscameuponhim,evenuponGimliGlóin’ssonwhohadwalkedunafraidinmanydeepplacesoftheworld.
AragornhadbroughttorchesfromDunharrow,andnowhewentaheadbearingonealoft;andElladanwithanotherwentattherear,andGimli,stumblingbehind,strovetoovertakehim.Hecouldseenothingbutthedimflameofthetorches;butifthecompanyhalted,thereseemedanendlesswhisperofvoicesallabouthim,amurmurofwordsinnotonguethathehadeverheardbefore.
Nothingassailedthecompanynorwithstoodtheirpassage,andyetsteadilyfeargrewontheDwarfashewenton:mostofallbecauseheknewnowthattherecouldbenoturningback;allthepathsbehindwerethrongedbyanunseenhostthatfollowedinthedark.
Sotimeunreckonedpassed,untilGimlisawasightthathewaseverafterwardslothtorecall.Theroadwaswide,asfarashecouldjudge,butnowthecompanycamesuddenlyintoagreatemptyspace,andtherewerenolongeranywallsuponeitherside.
