the girls came just in time; they held him fast and tried to free his beard from the line, but all in vain, beard and line were entangled fast together. nothing was left but to bring out the scissors and cut the beard, whereby a small part of it was lost. when the dwarf saw that he screamed out, "is that civil, you toad-stool, to disfigure one’s face? was it not enough to clip off the end of my beard? now you have cut off the best part of it. i cannot let myself be seen by my people.