Which statement from the passage most clearly establishes characterization for Hrothgar?
He knew an attack upon his high hall had been planned by the monster ever since dawn, . . . . The troop all arose. Then the old king addressed the young warrior, / Hrothgar to Beowulf, wished him good luck / control of the wine hall, and spoke these words: / "Never before, since I could lift shield-arm, / have I entrusted the hall of the Danes / to any other man, except to you now."