The Professor loved mysteries, and I daresay he especially loved putting in little mysteries in his books that intrigued readers. Most likely, that is the explanation.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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