`` howso that may be , '' said tinuviel , `` there he is now , yet methinks that at last may his [ life ] be brought utterly to an end , for lo , as i was going through the woods i saw where a great animal lay upon the ground moaning as in sickness -- and behold , it was huan , and some evil spell or malady has him in its grip , and still he lies helpless in a dale not a mile westward in the woods from this hall .