He replies, "If it be well rewarded, sire, I shall be glad; but should it be otherwise, then it is your concern."
Then the king said, "Smaller is thy reward than thou hast deserved. I give thee three farms. It has turned out, what could not have been expected, that thou hast prevented me from a great crime,—thou, and not the lendermen, who are indebted to me for so much good." And so it ended.
33. OF A WOMAN BROUGHT TO THE KING.
One Yule eve the king sat in the hall, and the tables were laid out, and the king said, "Get me flesh-meat."
They answered, "Sire, it is not the custom to eat flesh-meat on Yule eve."
The king said, "If it be not the custom I will make it the custom."
They went out, and brought him a dolphin. The king stuck his knife into it, but did not eat of it. Then the king said, "Bring me a girl here into the hall." They brought him a woman whose head-dress went far down her brows. The king took her hand in his hands, looked at her, and said, "An ill looking girl!"
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