This is, of course, all the clearer when she uses the intensity of her gaze alone to interrogate and test the resolve of each member of the Fellowship. She can watch the progress of the world from afar, though at least Gandalf is a mind that is closed to her. Galadriel, we can infer here, is something of a seer. But I cannot see him from afar, unless he comes within the fences of Lothlórien: a grey mist is about him, and the ways of his feet and of his mind are hidden from me” (LotR 335). Now tell us where he is for I much desired to speak with him again. “Gandalf the Grey set out with the Company, but he did not pass the borders of this land. “‘Nay, there was no change of counsel,” she informs her husband, speaking in a voice unusually deep. Or perhaps he misunderstood Elrond’s message? Galadriel, and not one of the Company, responds. When the Fellowship reaches Lothlórien, and it becomes clear to the Lord and Lady that Gandalf is not with them, Celeborn is concerned. Galadriel’s first words in The Lord of the Rings position her firmly within the tradition of Tolkienian women.
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