Сильмариллион
Of the Coming of Men into the West
ButHalethwasproud,andunwillingtobeguidedorruled,andmostoftheHaladinwereoflikemood.tThereforeshethankedCaranthir,butanswered:’Mymindisnowset,lord,toleavetheshadowofthemountains,andgowest,whitherothersofourkinhavegone.’WhenthereforetheHaladinhadgatheredallwhomtheycouldfindaliveoftheirfolkwhohadfledwildintothewoodsbeforetheOrcs,andhadgleanedwhatremainedoftheirgoodsintheirburnedhomesteads,theytookHalethfortheirchief;andsheledthematlasttoEstolad,andtheredweltforatime.Buttheyremainedapeopleapart,andwereeverafterknowntoElvesandMenasthePeopleofHaleth.Halethremainedtheirchiefwhileherdayslasted,butshedidnotwed,andtheheadshipafterwardspassedtoHaldansonofHaldarherbrother.SoonhoweverHalethdesiredtomovewestwardagain;andthoughmostofherpeoplewereagainstthiscounsel,sheledthemforthoncemore;andtheywentwithouthelporguidanceoftheEldar,andpassingoverCelonandArostheyjourneyedintheperilouslandbetweentheMountainsofTerrorandtheGirdleofMelian.Thatlandwaseventhennotyetsoevilasitafterbecame,butitwasnoroadformortalMentotakewithoutaid,andHalethonlybroughtherpeoplethroughitwithhardshipandloss,constrainingthemtogoforwardbythestrengthofherwill.AtlasttheycrossedovertheBrithiach,andmanybitterlyrepentedoftheirjourney;buttherewasnownoreturning.
