XXII. They Follow Grendel's Dam to Her Lair. XXIII. Beowulf Reacheth the Mere-Bottom in A Day's While, and Contends With Grendel's Dam. XXIV. Beowulf Slayeth Grendel's Dam, Smiteth Off Grendel's Head, and Cometh Back With His Thanes to Hart. XXV. Converse of Hrothgar With Beowulf. XXVI. More Converse of Hrothgar and Beowulf: the Geats Make Them Ready For Departure. XXVII. Beowulf Bids Hrothgar Farewell: the Geats Fare to Ship. XXVIII. Beowulf Comes Back to His Land. of the Tale of Thrytho. XXIX. Beowulf Tells Hygelac of Hrothgar: Also of Freawaru His Daughter. XXX. Beowulf Forebodes Ill From the Wedding of Freawaru: He Tells of Grendel and His Dam. XXXI. Beowulf Gives Hrothgar's Gifts to Hygelac, and By Him Is Rewarded. of the Death of Hygelac and of Heardred His Son, and How Beowulf Is King of the Geats: the Worm Is First Told of. XXXII. How the Worm Came to the Howe, and How He Was Robbed of A Cup; and How He Fell on the Folk. XXXIII. The Worm Burns Beowulf's House, and Beowulf Gets Ready to Go Against Him. Beowulf's Early Deeds in Battle With the Hetware Told of. XXXIV. Beowulf Goes Against the Worm. He Tells of Herebeald and Haethcyn. XXXV. Beowulf Tells of Past Feuds, and Bids Farewell to His Fellows: He Falls on the Worm, and the Battle of Them Begins. XXXVI. Wiglaf Son of Weohstan Goes to the Help of Beowulf: Naegling, Beowulf's Sword, Is Broken on the Worm. XXXVII. They Two Slay the Worm. Beowulf Is Wounded Deadly: He Biddeth Wiglaf Bear Out the Treasure. XXXVIII. Beowulf Beholdeth the Treasure and Passeth Away. XXXIX. Wiglaf Casteth Shame on Those Fleers. XL. Wiglaf Sendeth Tiding to the Host: the Words of the Messenger. XLI. More Words of the Messenger. How He Fears the Swedes When They Wot of Beowulf Dead. XLII. They Go to Look on the Field of Deed. XLIII. Of the Burial of Beowulf. Persons and Places The Meaning of Some Words ARGUMENT