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Gandalf

went

from

one

to

the

other

full

of

care

,

and

he

was

told

all

that

the

watchers

could

hear

.

And

so

the

day

passed

,

while

the

great

battle

outside

went

on

with

shifting

hopes

and

strange

tidings

;

and

still

Gandalf

waited

and

watched

and

did

not

go

forth

;

till

at

last

the

red

sunset

filled

all

the

sky

,

and

the

light

through

the

windows

fell

on

the

grey

faces

of

the

sick

.

Then

it

seemed

to

those

who

stood

by

that

in

the

glow

the

faces

flushed

softly

as

with

health

returning

,

but

it

was

only

a

mockery

of

hope

.

Then

an

old

wife

,

Ioreth

,

the

eldest

of

the

women

who

served

in

that

house

,

looking

on

the

fair

face

of

Faramir

,

wept

,

for

all

the

people

loved

him

.

And

she

said

:

'

Alas

!

if

he

should

die

.

Would

that

there

were

kings

in

Gondor

,

as

there

were

once

upon

a

time

,

they

say

!

For

it

is

said

in

old

lore

:

The

hands

of

the

king

are

the

hands

of

a

healer

.

And

so

the

rightful

king

could

ever

be

known

.

'

And

Gandalf

,

who

stood

by

,

said

:

'

Men

may

long

remember

your

words

,

Ioreth

!

For

there

is

hope

in

them

.

Maybe

a

king

has

indeed

returned

to

Gondor

;

or

have

you

not

heard

the

strange

tidings

that

have

come

to

the

City

?

'

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'

I

have

been

too

busy

with

this

and

that

to

heed

all

the

crying

and

shouting

,

'

she

answered

.

'

All

I

hope

is

that

those

murdering

devils

do

not

come

to

this

House

and

trouble

the

sick

.

'

Then

Gandalf

went

out

in

haste

,

and

already

the

fire

in

the

sky

was

burning

out

,

and

the

smouldering

hills

were

fading

,

while

ash-grey

evening

crept

over

the

fields

.

Now

as

the

sun

went

down

Aragorn

and

Éomer

and

Imrahil

drew

near

the

City

with

their

captains

and

knights

;

and

when

they

came

before

the

Gate

Aragorn

said

:

'

Behold

the

Sun

setting

in

a

great

fire

!

It

is

a

sign

of

the

end

and

fall

of

many

things

,

and

a

change

in

the

tides

of

the

world

.

But

this

City

and

realm

has

rested

in

the

charge

of

the

Stewards

for

many

long

years

,

and

I

fear

that

if

I

enter

it

unbidden

,

then

doubt

and

debate

may

arise

,

which

should

not

be

while

this

war

is

fought

.

I

will

not

enter

in

,

nor

make

any

claim

,

until

it

be

seen

whether

we

or

Mordor

shall

prevail

.

Men

shall

pitch

my

tents

upon

the

field

,

and

here

I

will

await

the

welcome

of

the

Lord

of

the

City

.

'

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But

Éomer

said

:

'

Already

you

have

raised

the

banner

of

the

Kings

and

displayed

the

tokens

of

Elendil

's

House

.

Will

you

suffer

these

to

be

challenged

?

'

'

No

,

'

said

Aragorn

.

'

But

I

deem

the

time

unripe

;

and

I

have

no

mind

for

strife

except

with

our

Enemy

and

his

servants

.

'

And

the

Prince

Imrahil

said

.

Your

words

,

lord

,

are

wise

,

if

one

who

is

a

kinsman

of

the

Lord

Denethor

may

counsel

you

in

this

matter

.

He

is

strong-willed

and

proud

,

but

old

;

and

his

mood

has

been

strange

since

his

son

was

stricken

down

.

Yet

I

would

not

have

you

remain

like

a

beggar

at

the

door

.

'

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