Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Muster of Rohan
Buttheywereasternpeople,loyaltotheirlord,andlittleweepingormurmuringwasheard,eveninthecampintheHoldwheretheexilesfromEdoraswerehoused,womenandchildrenandoldmen.Doomhungoverthem,buttheyfaceditsilently.
Twoswifthourspassed,andnowthekingsatuponhiswhitehorse,glimmeringinthehalflight.Proudandtallheseemed,thoughthehairthatflowedbeneathhishighhelmwaslikesnow;andmanymarvelledathimandtookhearttoseehimunbentandunafraid.
ThereonthewideflatsbesidethenoisyriverweremarshalledinmanycompanieswellnighfiveandfiftyhundredsofRidersfullyarmed,andmanyhundredsofothermenwithsparehorseslightlyburdened.Asingletrumpetsounded.Thekingraisedhishand,andthensilentlythehostoftheMarkbegantomove.Foremostwenttwelveoftheking’shousehold-men,Ridersofrenown.ThenthekingfollowedwithÉomeronhisright.HehadsaidfarewelltoÉowynaboveintheHold,andthememorywasgrievous;butnowheturnedhismindtotheroadthatlayahead.BehindhimMerryrodeonStybbawiththeerrandridersofGondor,andbehindthemagaintwelvemoreoftheking’shousehold.Theypasseddownthelongranksofwaitingmenwithsternandunmovedfaces.Butwhentheyhadcomealmosttotheendofthelineonelookedupglancingkeenlyatthehobbit.Ayoungman,Merrythoughtashereturnedtheglance,lessinheightandgirththanmost.
