It was dimly lit, but to their eyes, after so long a time in the dark, it seemed dazzlingly bright, and they blinked as they entered.

'It looks like a tomb,' muttered Frodo. Gandalf came quickly to his side. On the slab runes were deeply graven. 'These are Daeron's Runes, such as were used of old in Moria,' said Gandalf. 'Here is written in the tongues of Men and Dwarves:

'He is dead then,' said Frodo. 'I feared it was so.' Gimli cast his hood over his face.