Сильмариллион
Of the Voyage of Earendil and the War of Wrath
’YettheOnewaslost,’saidMithrandir,’andwhileitstilllieshid,wecanmastertheEnemy,ifwegatherourstrengthandtarrynottoolong.’
ThentheWhiteCouncilwassummoned;andMithrandirurgedthemtoswiftdeeds,butCurunirspokeagainsthim,andcounselledthemtowaityetandtowatch.’ForIbelievenot,’saidhe,’thattheOnewilleverbefoundagaininMiddle-earth.IntoAnduinitfell,andlongago,Ideem,itwasrolledtotheSea.Thereitshalllieuntiltheend,whenallthisworldisbrokenandthedeepsareremoved.’
Thereforenaughtwasdoneatthattime,thoughElrond’sheartmisgavehim,andhesaidtoMithrandir:’NonethelessIforbodethattheOnewillyetbefound,andthenwarwillariseagain,andinthatwarthisAgewillbeended.Indeedinaseconddarknessitwillend,unlesssomestrangechancedeliverusthatmyeyescannotsee.’’Manyarethestrangechancesoffeeworld,’saidMithrandir,’andhelpoftshallcomefromthehandsoftheweakwhentheWisefalter.’
ThustheWiseweretroubled,butnoneasyetperceivedthatCurunirhadturnedtodarkthoughtsandwasalreadyatraitorinheart:forhedesiredthatheandnoothershouldfindtheGreatRing,sothathemightwieldithimselfandorderalltheworldtohiswillToolonghehadstudiedthewaysof.Sauroninhopetodefeathim,andnowheenviedhimasarivalratherthanhatedhisworks.
