Otherwise he obviously thought the whole thing rather above my head, and he said that if I had the cheek to make verses about Eärendil in the house of Elrond, it was my affair. I suppose he was right.'
Muidu arvas ta ilmselt, et see värk käib mulle kaugelt üle jõu, ja ütles, et kui mul jätkub jultumust Elrondi majas Earendilist laulda, on see minu oma asi. Ma arvan, et tal oli õigus."