19. The Lighting of the Beacons
[Pippin climbs to the top of the beacon at Minas Tirith, evading the guards.]
[He reaches for a lamp hanging over it. A rope snaps, spilling oil on the wood.]
[Pippin tosses the lit lamp onto the wood, which quickly catches fire, to the Pippin's surprise. He climbs down.]
[As Gandalf watches, the beacon burns, as soon does another one on a nearby mountainside.]
Gandalf: "Amon Dîn."
[Guards on watch take notice.]
Guard: "The beacon! The beacon of Amon Dîn is lit!"
[Denethor looks out of a window and frowns.]
Gandalf: "Hope is rekindled."
[Signal beacons light in succession across several peaks.]
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