This was supposed to be the happiest day of his life, but Pippin suspected it would be the worst, saving the day he thought he'd killed Gandalf.
He remembered when his sisters had each married. "Today you join with the person you will love forever," his mother had told each of them. "Today is a day you will always cherish."
His mother knew better than to say those words to him, for they would only ring false. For him, she had only sad eyes and a sympathetic embrace.
His happiness had been shattered the day this marriage had been arranged.