Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Passing of the Grey Company
LegolasturningtospeaktoGimlilookedbackandtheDwarfsawbeforehisfacetheglitterintheElf’sbrighteyes.BehindthemrodeElladan,lastoftheCompany,butnotthelastofthosethattookthedownwardroad.
‘TheDeadarefollowing,’saidLegolas.‘IseeshapesofMenandofhorses,andpalebannerslikeshredsofcloud,andspearslikewinter-thicketsonamistynight.TheDeadarefollowing.’
‘Yes,theDeadridebehind.Theyhavebeensummoned,’saidElladan.
TheCompanycameatlastoutoftheravine,assuddenlyasittheyhadissuedfromacrackinawall;andtherelaytheuplandsofagreatvalebeforethem,andthestreambesidethemwentdownwithacoldvoiceovermanyfalls.
‘WhereinMiddle-eartharewe?’saidGimli;andElladananswered:‘WehavedescendedfromtheuprisingoftheMorthond,thelongchillriverthatflowsatlasttotheseathatwashesthewallsofDolAmroth.Youwillnotneedtoaskhereafterhowcomesitsname:Blackrootmencallit.’
TheMorthondValemadeagreatbaythatbeatupagainstthesheersouthernfacesofthemountains.Itssteepslopesweregrass-grown;butallwasgreyinthathour,forthesunhadgone,andfarbelowlightstwinkledinthehomesofMen.Thevalewasrichandmanyfolkdweltthere.
ThenwithoutturningAragorncriedaloudsothatallcouldhear:‘Friends,forgetyourweariness!Ridenow,ride!WemustcometotheStoneofErecherethisdaypasses,andlongstillistheway.’
