44. Denethor's Madness
[At Minas Tirith, Pippin enters the mausoleum of the Stewards.]
[A pyre of wood is built around and on top of the stone platform. Faramir is placed on the platform. He moans softly.]
Denethor: "The house of his spirit crumbles. He is burning. Already burning."
[Pippin runs to the pyre.]
Pippin: "He's not dead!"
[Pippin tugs on the bundles of wood.]
Pippin: "He's not dead! No! No! He's not dead!"
[Denethor picks up Pippin by the collar and carries him away.]
Denethor: "Hear now, Peregrin, son of Paladin: I release you from my service."
[Denethor tosses Pippin out of the mausoleum.]
Denethor: "Go now and die in what way seems best for you."
[Denethor slams the mausoleum door shut.]
Denethor (to his men): "Pour oil on the wood!"
[Pippin runs off.]
Pippin: "Gandalf! Gandalf! Gandalf!"
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