How wonderful it is to read...drinking up the goodness....
And only Tolkien can have something like this in the midst of a story of battle and struggle against evil. Its perfectly placed...
"What do you look for, Eowyn?' said Faramir.
'Does not the Black Gate lie yonder?' said she. " And must he not now be come thither?" It is seven days since he rode away."
"Seven days," said Faramir. "but think not ill of me, if I say to you: they have brought me both a joy and a pain that I never thought to know. Joy to see you; but pain, because now the fear and doubt of this evil time are grown dark indeed. Eowyn, I would not have this world end now, or lose so soon what I have found."
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