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taking no wife and delighting chiefly in arms; fearless and strong,
but caring little for lore, save the tales of old battles. Faramir the
younger was like him in looks but otherwise in mind. He read
the hearts of men as shrewdly as his father, but what he read
moved him sooner to pity than to scorn. He was gentle in bearing,
and a lover of lore and of music, and therefore by many in
those days his courage was judged less than his brother’s. But it
was not so, except that he did not seek glory in danger without
a purpose. He welcomed Gandalf at such times as he came to
the City, and he learned what he could from his wisdom; and in
this as in many other matters he displeased his father.
‘Yet between the brothers there was great love, and had been
since childhood, when Boromir was the helper and protector of
Faramir. No jealousy or rivalry had arisen between them since,
for their father’s favour or for the praise of men. It did not seem
possible to Faramir that anyone in Gondor could rival Boromir,
heir of Denethor, Captain of the White Tower; and of like mind
was Boromir. Yet it proved otherwise at the test. But of all that
befell these three in the War of the Ring much is said elsewhere.
And after the War the days of the Ruling Stewards came to an
end; for the heir of Isildur and Anárion returned and the kingship
was renewed, and the standard of the White Tree flew once
more from the Tower of Ecthelion.’
(v)
here follows a part of the tale
of aragorn and arwen
‘Arador was the grandfather of the King. His son Arathorn
sought in marriage Gilraen the Fair, daughter of Dírhael, who
was himself a descendant of Aranarth. To this marriage Dírhael
was opposed; for Gilraen was young and had not reached the
age at which the women of the Dúnedain were accustomed to
marry.
‘ ‘‘Moreover,’’ he said, ‘‘Arathorn is a stern man of full age,
and will be chieftain sooner than men looked for; yet my heart
forebodes that he will be short-lived.’’
‘But Ivorwen, his wife, who was also foresighted, answered: