*having traveled by train from Delving (where he bid his wife farewell, under the gleeful watchful eye of her father, arrives in Gondolin in the late morning*
*is rather amused by the fact that there is a car to greet him and his son and is sorely tempted to put his bags in and walk but doesn't want to upset you too much, too soon (Eru knows what female sensibilities have done to you in this life)*
*reaches the Palace and is loitering in the foyer, examining statues, waiting for you to meet them* (*is, of course, fully aware that his son wants to find a certain young woman straightaway but does not betray this knowledge*)