[Elsewhere on the battlefield, Th�oden lies under his dead horse.]

[Blood flows from his mouth. �owyn crawls to his side. Th�oden touches her gently.]

Th�oden: "I know your face. �owyn. My eyes darken."

�owyn: "No. No, I am going to save you."

Th�oden: "You already did. �owyn, my body is broken. You have to let me go. I go to my fathers in whose mighty company I shall not now feel ashamed."

Th�oden: "�owyn."

[Th�oden dies in �owyn's arms.]