. Siegfried, the hero of the North, and Beowulf, the hero of the Anglo-Saxons . n, turning to all the knights, theQueen commanded : 11 The Kings guests may not carry armsin the Kings mansion. Give yours to me,ye warriors ; I will take care of them. That shall never be ! Hagen criedquickly ; you do us too much honour,royal lady,—we could not suffer your fairhands to carry our heavy shields, and otherweapons. It is not your place : you arethe Queen. Besides, my father taught meto take care of my arms myself. The Queen frowned and bit her lip. They have been warned ! she mut-tered. Did I but know
. Siegfried, the hero of the North, and Beowulf, the hero of the Anglo-Saxons . n, turning to all the knights, theQueen commanded : 11 The Kings guests may not carry armsin the Kings mansion. Give yours to me,ye warriors ; I will take care of them. That shall never be ! Hagen criedquickly ; you do us too much honour,royal lady,—we could not suffer your fairhands to carry our heavy shields, and otherweapons. It is not your place : you arethe Queen. Besides, my father taught meto take care of my arms myself. The Queen frowned and bit her lip. They have been warned ! she mut-tered. Did I but know who dared to doit, that man should lose his life. / did ! Dietrich declared defiantly ; I warned the noble princes and Hagen, The Arrival 157 too, their liegeman. Do your worst, youfiendish woman; you dare not touch me. And he gave her such a look thatshe flushed with shame and anger, andwent without another word, only casting avenomous glance at her foe. So greatly had years of brooding overone great wrong, and of unholy cravingfor revenge changed Siegfrieds gentlewife !. XX ON GUARD TTHERE was an ominous silence afterKriemhilde had gone. Then Hagenand Dietrich joined hands, and the latterspoke : It grieves me much, in truth, that youand your friends should have taken thisjourney, now the Queen has spoken suchwords. 11 Forewarned, forearmed, was all thatHagen said. And they parted for the time. The palace in which the Burgundianswere housed stood directly opposite theroyal palace ; there Kriemhilde stood ata window and could not take her eyes offthe gate over the way, before which satthe two friends, Folker and Hagen, mount-ing guard. Hagen knew she was looking, 158 On Guard 159 and, the deeper to spite her, had laid Sieg-frieds own good sword, Balmung, acrosshis knees. She burst into tears at thesight, and told her great grievance tothose of Etzels warriors who were in thesame room with her. I would be beholden to my dyingday, she concluded, amidst tears and sobs, to any m
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