Here follows one of the last notes in the Red Book
We have heard tell that Legolas took Gimli Glóin's son with him because of their great friendship, greater than any that has been between Elf and Dwarf. If this is true, then it is strange indeed: that a Dwarf should be willing to leave Middle-earth for any love, or that the Eldar should receive him, or that the Lords of the West should permit it. But it is said that Gimli went also out of desire to see again the beauty of Galadriel; and it may be that she, being mighty among the Eldar, obtained this grace for him. More cannot be said of this matter. Appendix B The First Age ended with the Great Battle, in which the Host of Valinor broke Thangorodrim[55] and overthrew Morgoth. Then most of the Noldor returned into the Far West[56] and dwelt in Eressëa within sight of Valinor; and many of the Sindar went over Sea also. The Second Age ended with the first overthrow of Sauron, servant of Morgoth. and the taking of the One Ring. The Third Age came to its end in the War of the Ring; but the Fourth Age was not held to have begun until Master Elrond departed, and the time was come for the dominion of Men and the decline of all other 'speaking-peoples' in Middle-earth.[57] In the Fourth Age the earlier ages were often called the Elder Days; but that name was properly given only to the days before the casting out of Morgoth. The histories of that time are not recorded here.
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