then , whether aragorn had indeed some forgotten power of westernesse , or whether it was but his words of the lady eowyn that wrought on them , as the sweet influence of the herb stole about the chamber it seemed to those who stood by that a keen wind blew through the window , and it bore no scent , but was an air wholly fresh and clean and young , as if it had not before been breathed by any living thing and came new-made from snowy mountains high beneath a dome of stars , or from shores of silver far away washed by seas of foam .