How can I judge?" she said at last. "To me, he is a hero. To the world a monster." She let her head fall into her arms and started crying quietly. "I miss him! Curse him! I miss him! " Mithorden put a hand on her shoulder and let her cry for a few minutes. A sad smile slowly spread across his face. "I'm glad you can forgive him, " he said at last. Luthiel lifted her head. "How do you know?" Because you miss him. Robert Fanney
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 In the  book Lord of the Rings,  in chapter  five,  when  Luthien  and  Mithrandir  are in a grove of trees, she says: "Mithrandir, I feel that I am going mad. How can I judge? To me he is a hero. To the world a monster." Then Mithrandir replies: "How can you judge? ... I am glad you can forgive him." In this quote Luthien was saying that she feels mad because she misses Gandalf. In this quote Mithrandir was saying that he is glad that be has been forgiven for all his wrongdoings.

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