Then, having arranged, in a portion of his house, a curtain from wall to wall, he posted his armed men behind it; but, as the curtain was too short, it left their feet exposed.
Clotaire, having been warned of the snare, entered the house armed and with a goodly company.

Theodoric then perceived that he was discovered, invented some story, and talked of this, that, and the other.

At last, not knowing how to get his treachery forgotten, he made Clotaire a present of a large silvern dish.

Clotaire wished him good by, thanked him, and returned home.

But Theodoric immediately complained to his own folks that he had sacrificed his silvern dish to no purpose, and said to his son Theodebert, 'Go, find thy uncle, and pray him to give thee the present I made him.' Theodebert went, and got what he asked.