Сильмариллион
Of Maeglin Aredhel
ShallwenotseekforGondolin?Youshallbemyguide,andIwillbeyourguard!’
ThenAredhelwasglad,andlookedwithprideuponherson;andtellingtheservantsofEolthattheywenttoseekthesonsofFeanortheydepartedandrodeawaytothenortheavesofNanElmoth.TheretheycrossedtheslenderstreamofCelonintothelandofHimladandrodeontotheFordsofAros,andsowestwardalongthefencesofDoriath.
NowEolreturnedoutoftheeastsoonerthanMaeglinhadforeseen,andfoundhiswifeandhissonbuttwodaysgone;andsogreatwashisangerthathefollowedafterthemevenbythelightofday.AsheenteredtheHimladhemasteredhiswrathandwentwarily,rememberinghisdanger,forCelegormandCurufinweremightylordswholovedEolnotatall,andCurufinmoreoverwasofperilousmood;butthescoutsofAglonhadmarkedtheridingofMaeglinandAredheltotheFordsofAros,andCurufinperceivingthatstrangedeedswereafootcamesouthfromthePassandencampedneartheFords.AndbeforeEolhadriddenfaracrosstheHimladhewaswaylaidbytheridersofCurufin,andtakentotheirlord.
ThenCurufinsaidtoEol:’Whaterrandhaveyou,DarkElf,inmylands?Anurgentmatter,perhaps,thatkeepsonesosun-shyabroadbyday.’
AndEolknowinghisperilrestrainedthebitterwordsthataroseinhismind.’Ihavelearned.LordCurufin,’hesaid.’thatmysonandmywife,theWhiteLadyofGondolin,haveriddentovisityouwhileIwasfromhome;anditseemedtomefittingthatIshouldjointhemonthiserrand.’
