Storyteller: The lookout took Beowulf and his men to Heorot, where the Geats stood in front of the great hall and stared in wonder. Geat Thane: My Lord Beowulf I have never seen a building so huge ...

Broken, stunned and shocked are we,Numb with grief, for what we’ve lost.Heorot is no longer free ... Sure enough, as Beowulf saidJust that very nightGrendel burst into the hallA truly loathsome ...