I see in his eyes the love which he has for my daughter, and she for him, and I am troubled; for though to her he is but a child in years, yet he comes into wisdom far more swiftly than any of the Eldar, and perhaps more swiftly than his own kin. For my part, I would that they had never met, for already he thinks of himself as Beren, and I cannot say nay to him whom I foresee will figure much in the defeat of the Enemy. Yet my heart is grieved beyond measure and I, who have seen so much that is evil in this world, shrink from the loss that all my life I have prayed to Eru would never be brought upon me.