"Frodo glanced at all the faces, but they were not turned to him. All the Council sat with downcast eyes, as if in deep thought. A great dread fell of him, as if he was waiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be spoken." - J.R.R. Tolkien, 'The Lord of the Rings', Book II, CH. 2, 'The Council of Elrond'