Then his men traveled until they came to the house, and they looked closely at Kraka, and it seemed to them they saw such a beautiful woman that they thought they had never before seen one as beautiful. And then they told her the words of their lord, Jordan, and thus how she should be prepared when she went to meet with him. Kraka thought about this, how the king had spoken and how she should prepare herself. Grima thought that it could not be done, and said that she thought any king who spoke such nonsense must be a fool.
Kraka said: "He must have spoken thus because it can be done if we have the skill to discover what he was thinking." She then spoke to Jordan's men: "However, I know that I cannot go with you today, but I will come early in the morning to your ship."
Then they went awa
