different from those who dwelt in Lorien, but nonetheless and brave and good Elf, and the two struck up a little friendship.
Lindir, who was, in fact, the Elf who had brought Elrond�s message to Galadriel, came to love Lothl�rien, and eventually asked the Lady for permission to stay there. To both Aldamir and Lindir�s joy, she consented, and appointed him to Haldir�s command. Lindir dwelt close to Aldamir�s flet,
and the two spent many hours together.
One evening, as dusk settled quietly on L�rien, Aldamir left the arrows he was making, and went to find Uruviel. She was not on the flet, but Aldamir found her walking beside a silver little stream. He paused for a moment before going to her and just gazed at her. She was so beautiful....Aldamir still
felt the same way about her as he had when he first met her. Tonight she was wearing a flowing, light blue dress, and her hair was bound by a slender silver circlet. The purplish, dusky light laid a soft, warm hue of color over her, and she seemed to Aldamir to be a lovely Elf-maiden from the tales
of long ago. Stepping out from the trees, he went toward her and called to her softly.
She turned quickly at his call, and came toward him through the dusk, seeming almost to glide over the ground. �Uruviel, vanimelda nin.....� he said softly. �Your beauty shines like a star tonight.�
She smiled and slipped her hand into his. Lacing their fingers together, the two stole quietly out of Caras Galadhon, and wandered through the trees just outside. For a long time they walked in silence; speaking no words and needing no words. They needed only each other.
As they wandered through the trees, the sun set and stars began to come out, twinkling brightly above the two Elves, and the nearly-full moon cast a soft, silver light down upon them. Its light was caught by the circlet on Uruviel�s head, and to Aldamir it seemed to reflect the light in her beautiful,
starry blue eyes.
Coming to a little stream running merrily through the trees, Aldamir and Uruviel sat down on a mossy log and watched it flow past together. Uruviel laid her head on Aldamir�s shoulder, and her took both her hands in his and held them lovingly. Neither of them knew how long they sat like that, but
it was a long time until one of them broke the silence. For the moment, each was content to be loved by the other.
Finally Aldamir broke the silence. �Look, dearest,� he said softly, pointing up into the sky. �There shines the light of E�rendil.�
She gazed up. Shining brightly through the leafy branches of the mallorns was E�rendil�s star, the star most beloved of Elves. Its light shone strongly that night, and was reflected in the stream�s rushing waters.
�It�s shining so beautifully,� murmured Uruviel.
�It always does,� answered Aldamir. �Like you do.�
She smiled and drew closer to him, and he put his arm around her. �Remember the first time we met?� she asked.
�It was here among the mallorns, near Cerin Amroth.�
�Yes.�
�I thought at first that you must be a vision, from the tales of long ago: a beautiful Elf-maiden dancing among the trees. I almost didn�t dare to go to you - I was afraid you would vanish like a dream!�
She laughed softly, and her laugh mingled with the tinkling of the stream, enchanting Aldamir. �Those were wonderful days we spent, walking together among the trees and talking. I had never seen you before, and to me you were the handsomest, most pleasant Elf I had ever met.�
�You were the most beautiful I had ever seen, and still are. I felt as if I was walking with a enchanting dream at my side at first, but when it finally dawned on me that you were real, it was even more wonderful. I hated to leave you!�
�I hated to see you go. I thought of you every day after that, and every time a messenger came from Rivendell, I listened for tidings of you. Then you came yourself as a messenger from Rivendell!�
�When I set out I made my mind up not to leave you again, excepting the occasions when it was my duty. I�ve kept that resolution, haven�t I?�
�Yes you have, dearest, and I am so glad for that!� She lifted her face to him, and gazed earnestly into his eyes. He smiled lovingly at her and kissed her cheek.
Time to an Elf is not what time is to a human. Happy in the company of each other and the stars, Aldamir and Uruviel spent the whole night near the stream. Sometimes they talked together in low voices, or gazed at the stars and watched the moon make its journey through the dark sky. They watched,
too, how the stars began slowly to fade, and how the East grew lighter and lighter until the enchanting light of just before dawn lay over the Golden Wood. But not until the sun had lifted its golden sphere over the horizon did they turn back to Caras Galadhon.