Theywereamazedwhentheyheardhimspeakintheirowntongue；buthewhoheldthedishbroughtitnearer，likeamanthatangersadog，nowofferingthemeat，andnowtakingitaway。
Sosoonasthemanwaswithinreach，theWanderersprangout，theloosenedbondsfallingathisfeet，andsmotethesailorbeneaththeearwithhisclenchedfist。Theblowwassofierce，forallhisangerwentintoit，thatitcrushedthebone，anddrovethemanagainstthemastoftheshipsothatthestrongmastshook。Wherehefell，therehelay，hisfeetkickingtheflooroftheholdinhisdeath-pain。
ThentheWanderersnatchedfromthemasthisbowandhisshortsword，slungthequiverabouthisshoulders，andranontotheraiseddeckingoftheprow。
Thebulwarksofthedeckwerehigh，andthevesselwasnarrow，andbeforethesailorscouldstirforamazementtheWandererhadtakenhisstandbehindthelittlealtarandthedwarf-gods。Herehestoodwithanarrowonthestring，andthebowdrawntohisear，lookingabouthimterribly。
NowpanicanddreadcameontheSidonianswhentheysawhimstandingthus，andoneofthesailorscried: