LotR -- Book 5 - Chapter 02 - The Passing of the Grey Company

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by myself

Actually, I was under the impression that she was chasing death at the time.

Originally Posted by Guinevere

I'm not quite sure here either. First, Eowyn was dismayed that Aragorn would choose the Paths of the Dead because she was convinced that he would not survive it. Then she offers, nay begs him, to take her with him. Did she mean to die together with him? If he would have ridden to battle with Théoden and Eomer, would she still have wanted to accompany him?

You're probably right about her wanting to die with him. When Aragorn would not allow her, that's when the thoughts of desperation began to appear. That we have seen as she knelt before Aragorn, begging. Had he chosen to wait for Theoden and Eomer, I believe she still would have slipped into her disguise - but this time with two people in mind: her uncle, and Aragorn. (Now a scenario like that would be hard to imagine.)

But what mostly gave me that idea is the statement she will make three times in the next chapter: He is gone.