Since the Professor was a staunch Catholic, I think he believed that separation of the husband and wife was not something to be desired.
I don't blame Aredhel for running away from Eol at the first opportunity. Like Galadriel, she was born a free spirit. That's what got her into that mess in the first place. I think that she couldn't abide a man telling her what to do and where she could go.
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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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