【正文】 。owyn runs to stand next to 201。omer. Everyone watches Th233。oden39。s reaction.) Th233。oden: (pauses, and then calmly proclaims) And Rohan will answer! (201。owyn and 201。omer look relieved.) Th233。oden: Muster the Rohirrim! (A person rings the gong on top of a tower. Th233。oden strides out of the Golden Hall in his armor.) Assemble the Men at Dunharrow, as many Men as can be found. You have two days. On the third, we ride for Gondor…and war. Gamling! Gamling: Sir. Th233。oden: Make haste across the Riddermark. Summon every ablebodied man to Dunharrow. Gamling: I will. (Aragorn sees 201。owyn leading out her horse.) Aragorn: You ride with us? 201。owyn: Just to the encampment. It39。s tradition for the Women of the Court to farewell the Men. (Aragorn lifts up the saddle blanket of her horse to reveal her sword. 201。owyn snatches it back down, hiding the sword again.) 201。owyn: The Men have found their captain. They will follow you into battle, even to death. You have given us hope. (She turns away. Aragorn contemplates her words.) Th233。oden: (.) So, it is before the walls of Minas Tirith, the doom of our time will be decided. 201。omer: Now is the hour! Riders of Rohan! Oaths you have taken, now fulfill them all! For lord and land! (The Rohirrim ride out of Edoras, including Merry on a small white pony.) (The fearsome battle at Osgiliath continues. Men and Orcs are locked in a desperate struggle, but the ferocity and numbers of the Orcs begin to take a toll on the defenders. Men are rushing about in confusion. Faramir, followed closely by Orcs, runs through an arch.) Madril: Faramir! (Faramir steps aside as Gondorian archers release a hail of arrows into the pursuing Orc troops.) Madril: We cannot hold them! The city is lost! (Faramir surveys the scene in despair.) Faramir: Tell the Men to break cover. We ride for Minas Tirith. (Battle continues to rage as the Nazgl and the fellbeasts circle Osgiliath, darting in to grab Men in their claws.) Soldier: Nazgl! Soldier: Take cover! Faramir: Fall back! Fall back to Minas Tirith! (As the soldiers retreat, Madril is gravely wounded and falls to the ground. Faramir and the soldiers reach their horses and begin to flee from the city.) Faramir: Retreat! Retreat! (All grows quiet as Orcs gather around the badly wounded Madril, who looks up with fearful eyes. The leader of the Orcs, Gothmog, snatches a spear from a lesser Orc and thrusts it into Madril39。s chest, killing him.) Gothmog: The age of Men is over! The time of the Orc has e! (The Men of Gondor continue their headlong flight from Osgiliath. The Nazgl dart in and out, causing many deaths among the horses and riders. All looks hopeless for the Men of Gondor, until a white horse gallops from the city gates of Minas Tirith.) Soldier: It39。s the White Rider! (Gandalf and Pippin, mounted upon Shadowfax, ride towards the retreating army. As they near the Men of Gondor, Gandalf raises his staff。 and pure, white light issues forth, driving the Nazgl back. Gandalf falls in at the head of the pany and they withdraw into Minas Tirith.) Faramir: Mithrandir! They broke through our defenses. They39。ve taken the bridge and the west bank. Battalions of Orcs are crossing the river. Gondorian Soldier: It is as the Lord Denethor predicted! Long has he foreseen this doom! Gandalf: Foreseen and done nothing! (Gandalf turns around with Shadowfax, revealing Pippin who is sitting in front of him. As Faramir sees the Hobbit, he stares at him. Pippin notices he is being stared at and lowers his face.) Gandalf: Faramir? This is not the first Halfling to have crossed your path?Faramir: No... (Pippin looks up, the look on his face getting brighter.) Pippin: You39。ve seen Frodo and Sam? (Faramir nods at Pippin.) Gandalf: Where? When? Faramir: In Ithilien, not two days ago. (Pippin turns to look at Gandalf, both look happy and relieved.) Faramir: Gandalf, they39。ve taken the road to the Morgul Vale. (The smile on Gandalf39。s face fades and he looks at Faramir, his eyes filling with worry.) Gandalf: And then the Pass of Cirith Ungol? (Faramir nods silently.) Pippin: What does that mean? What39。s wrong? Gandalf: Faramir, tell me everything. (Gollum, Sam and Frodo are climbing up the stairs. Frodo is struggling heavily, and nearly falls.) Gollum: Careful, master! Careful! Very far to fall. Very dangerous on the stairs. Come master! (Gollum sees the Ring hanging out of Frodo39。s shirt. It starts to take him over.) Gollum: Come to Sm233。agol... (Gollum extends his hand to the Ring. Sam sees this from lower down.) Sam: Mr. Frodo! (Draws out his sword.) Get back you! Don39。t touch him! (Gollum resists the Ring and places his hand on Frodo39。s arm, pulling him up.) Gollum: Why does he hates poor Sm233。agol? What has Sm233。agol ever done to him? (Sam sheathes his sword.) Gollum: Master? Master carries heavy burden, Sm233。agol knows. Heavy, heavy burden. The fat one cannot know. Sm233。agol will look after master. He wants it. He needs it! Sm233。agol sees it in his eyes. Very soon, he will ask you for it. You will see. The fat one will take it from you. (Frodo clutches the Ring protectively and looks at Sam with cold eyes. The scene shifts, and the Witchking is surveying Osgiliath laid out before him.) Witchking: Send forth all legions. Do not stop the attack until the city is taken. Slay them all. Gothmog: What of the Wizard? Witchking: I will break him. (Back at Minas Tirith, Gandalf looks out from the city wall.) Gondorian Soldier: What of Th233。oden39。s Riders? Will Rohan e? Mithrandir? Gandalf: Courage is the best defense you have now. (Pippin is kneeling before Denethor39。s throne, swearing his service. Faramir stands and watches.) Pippin: Here do I swear fealty and service to Gondor, in peace or war, in living or dying, from...from this hour hence