ThenMorwenbadefarewelltoHúrinwithouttearsandshesaid:’Iwillguardwhatyouleaveinmykeeping,bothwhatisandwhatshallbe.’AndHúrinansweredher:’Farewell,LadyofDor-lóminweridenowwithgreaterhopethaneverwehaveknownbefore.Letusthinkthatatthismidwinterthefeastshallbemerrierthaninallouryearsyet,withafearlessspringtofollowafter!’
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Hurin, “The Childhood of Turin”