"Laegren eyes are of a hazel hue, greener than the grey eyes of the Sindar, but never had he seen eyes of such pure and piercing green! Abashed, he blushed."
"'By the wood and stars! he thought, 'the enchantment of the black water has taken her!' He dared not pull her ashore, for to touch the water would doom him to the self-same sleep. For a while he knelt there beside the stranger, and beseeching Nienna for her pity and for comfort and courage, he wept for the valiant elf-maiden's ill-fate."