"Has it?" Eowyn replied, in a tone that could not be viewed as anything less than encouraging. She was not entirely sure what Hild might mean, but she was glad Hild had found "fun" here, if not true love. She thought both of them were likely to look dimly on love, or at least on marriage.

"I do not ask for confidences I should not have, but you cannot say such a thing and then say nothing else. Tis not possible."