Then Vandrad washed his hands; but he took the towel and dried them
right in the middle of the cloth. The housewife snatched the towel from
him, and said, "Thou hast been taught little good; it is wasteful to wet
the whole cloth at one time."
Vandrad replies, "I may yet come so far forward in the world as to be
able to dry myself with the middle of the towel."
Thereupon Karl set a table before them and Vandrad sat down between
them. They ate for a while and then went out. The horse was saddled and
Karl's son ready to follow him with another horse. They rode away to
the forest; and the earl's men returned to the boat, rowed to the earl's
ship and told the success of their expedition.