"Good." He snarls, pleased, but then she announces her decision and his face falls, the anger running from him and leaving him empty.

"So soon?" He says softly, and then masters himself - Haleth is not the sort to dawdle unnecessarily, and her people need security he cannot give them.

"No, you are right." He says tiredly. "I will write you letters of introduction, although I think you will find little trouble from any but Thingol and my brothers."