not fade with age, because it lies above all in your soulful eyes, and these will not change. Now I've done everything to convince you and don't know what else I could do or say to win you over. "
And since she was silent, he exclaimed: "Woe to me! Since I rejected you, I have lost you forever. I must have hurt you too deeply, or you must now despise me for my faithless sake! But you should still know : For the sake of my honor I resisted you for a long time, but ... "
Aragorn felt her finger gently on his mouth and so she indicated that he should be silent. And she laughed softly and tenderly and said: "I ask you very much, keep quiet, dearest, and do not humiliate yourself any longer for my sake, because I would never consider you dishonorable.And if I haven't said anything, it's because I still can't believe what I heard. Don't you know that I never stopped loving you, Aragorn? "
His heart contracted with joy and delight to hear her laugh and for the first time to hear the delicious tenderness in her voice and to know that it was meant for him. And completely enchanted, he couldn't utter a word, but pulled her into his arms and kissed her under the pale evening sky.

Only after the sun had long set did the lovers return to the city. And in front of Éowyn's chambers they made an appointment that they would meet the next morning for a walk on the outer ramparts.