Властелин колец: Братство кольца
The Council of Elrond
"Ilikedwhitebetter,"Isaid.
"White!"hesneered."Itservesasabeginning.Whiteclothmaybedyed.Thewhitepagecanbeoverwritten;andthewhitelightcanbebroken."
"Inwhichcaseitisnolongerwhite,"saidI."Andhethatbreaksathingtofindoutwhatitishasleftthepathofwisdom."
"Youneednotspeaktomeastooneofthefoolsthatyoutakeforfriends,"saidhe."Ihavenotbroughtyouhithertobeinstructedbyyou,buttogiveyouachoice."
"Hedrewhimselfupthenandbegantodeclaim,asifheweremakingaspeechlongrehearsed."TheElderDaysaregone.TheMiddleDaysarepassing.TheYoungerDaysarebeginning.ThetimeoftheElvesisover,butourtimeisathand:theworldofMen,whichwemustrule.Butwemusthavepower,powertoorderallthingsaswewill,forthatgoodwhichonlytheWisecansee.
"Andlisten,Gandalf,myoldfriendandhelper!"hesaid,comingnearandspeakingnowinasoftervoice."Isaidwe,forweitmaybe,ifyouwilljoinwithme.AnewPowerisrising.Againstittheoldalliesandpolicieswillnotavailusatall.ThereisnohopeleftinElvesordyingNumenor.Thisthenisonechoicebeforeyou.beforeus.WemayjoinwiththatPower.Itwouldbewise,Gandalf.Thereishopethatway.Itsvictoryisathand;andtherewillberichrewardforthosethataidedit.
