Сильмариллион
Of Beren and Luthien
ButThingolanswered:’IsellnottoElvesorMenthosewhomIloveandcherishabovealltreasure.AndiftherewerehopeorfearthatBerenshouldcomeeverbackalivetoMenegroth,heshouldnothavelookedagainuponthelightofheaven,thoughIhadswornit.’
ButLuthienwassilent,andfromthathourshesangnotagaininDoriath.Abroodingsilencefelluponthewoods,andtheshadowslengthenedinthekingdomofThingol.
ItistoldintheLayofLeithianthatBerenpassedthroughDoriathunhindered,andcameatlengthtotheregionoftheTwilightMeres,andtheFensofSirion;andleavingThingol’slandheclimbedthehillsabovetheFallsofSirion,wheretheriverplungedundergroundwithgreatnoise.Thencehelookedwestward,andthroughthemistandrainsthatlayuponthosehillshesawTalathDirnen,theGuardedPlain,stretchingbetweenSirionandNarog;andbeyondhedescriedafarthehighlandsofTaur-en-FaroththatroseaboveNargothrond.Andbeingdestitute,withouthopeorcounsel,heturnedhisfeetthither.
UponallthatplaintheElvesofNargothrondkeptunceasingwatch;andeveryhilluponitsborderswascrownedwithhiddentowers,andthroughallitswoodsandfieldsarchersrangedsecretlyandwithgreatcraft.Theirarrowsweresureanddeadly,andnothingcreptthereagainsttheirwill.Therefore,ereBerenhadcomefaruponhisroad,theywereawareofhim,andhisdeathwasnigh.
