Сильмариллион
Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin
ThenHurinansweredhim:TheKing’sgraceisgreatindeed;butifourwordisnotenough,thenwewillswearoathstoyou.’AndthebrotherssworenevertorevealthecounselsofTurgon,andtokeepsecretanthattheyhadseeninhisrealm.Thentheytooktheirleave,andtheeaglescomingborethemawaybynight,andsetthemdowninDor-lominbeforethedawn.Theirkinsfolkrejoicedtoseethem,formessengersfromBrethilhadreportedthattheywerelost;buttheywouldnotdeclareeventotheirfatherwheretheyhadbeen,savethattheywererescuedinthewildernessbytheeaglesthatbroughtthemhome.ButGaldorsaid:Didyouthendwellayearinthewild?Ordidtheeagleshouseyouintheireyries?Butyoufoundfoodandfineraiment,andreturnasyoungprinces,notaswaifsofthewood.’AndHurinanswered:’Becontentthatwehavereturned;foronlyunderanoathofsilencewasthispermitted.’ThenGaldorquestionedthemnomore,butheandmanyothersguessedatthetruth;andintimethestrangefortuneofHurinandHuorreachedtheearsoftheservantsofMorgoth.
NowwhenTurgonlearnedofthebreakingoftheleaguerofAngbandhewouldnotsufferanyofhisownpeopletoissueforthtowar;forhedeemedthatGondolinwasstrong,andthetimenotyetripeforitsrevealing.ButhebelievedalsothattheendingoftheSiegewasthebeginningofthedownfalloftheNoldor,unlessaidshouldcome;andhesentcompaniesoftheGondolindriminsecrettothemouthsofSirionandtheIsleofBalar.
