How about when it is said that Aragorn left Lorien and never came back there as a living man?
That sounded like a spoiler for me the first time I read it because I imagined it foresaw his untimely death or his failure in his quest. I didn't think that it was to the 'death' of the land itself that Tolkien was alluding to. Anyway, I still think it's touching. Tolkien has the habit of dropping these occasional hints that get you thinking.
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And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.
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