"The Siege of Gondor"
Painting by Douglas Beekman
"You cannot enter here," said Gandalf,
and the huge shadow
halted. "Go back into the abyss prepared for you! Go Back! Fall
into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!"
The Black Rider flung back his hood, and behold! he had a
kingly crown; and yet upon no head visible was it set. The red
fires shone between it and the mantled shoulders vast and dark.
From a mouth unseen there came a deadly laughter.
The Return of the King