Hmmm, you're right, it is a little TOO neat. Besides, he wants her for himself. It seems more likely that he would try to kill Mellondu to get her for himself.
Maybe he just unintentionally pushes her heart to the snapping point, with some thoughtless cruelty aimed at some one else..
Perhaps by trying to kill Mellondu.
I should say, that Amroth knows that Nimrodel will have to die in order for them to be together.
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