. The Nibelungs. ly decked hall seemed to bearthe semblance of a tomb, and he cried aloud: Oh, woe to this hostelry, and woe to the Burgun-dians, that ever they came to Kriemhilds court! Whereupon a deep voice answered: Dismissthy fears, Lord Giselher, for I will answer for thysafe repose until the morn. It was Hagen who spoke, and such cheer didhis words bring that all laid them down in peaceforthwith to seek their much needed repose. ButVolker strode to Hagens side, saying: An thouso wilt, Ill keep the watch with thee ! God will reward thy loyalty, my gallant friend !replied Hagen. I need no
. The Nibelungs. ly decked hall seemed to bearthe semblance of a tomb, and he cried aloud: Oh, woe to this hostelry, and woe to the Burgun-dians, that ever they came to Kriemhilds court! Whereupon a deep voice answered: Dismissthy fears, Lord Giselher, for I will answer for thysafe repose until the morn. It was Hagen who spoke, and such cheer didhis words bring that all laid them down in peaceforthwith to seek their much needed repose. ButVolker strode to Hagens side, saying: An thouso wilt, Ill keep the watch with thee ! God will reward thy loyalty, my gallant friend !replied Hagen. I need no help forsooth, yetwith my side I could ask naught shalt thou fail of thanks one day, if my life bespared. Then donning their heaviest armor they tooktheir place on the stone stairway without, to guardthe door. Now, Volker the bold was well skilledin the minstrel art; not only was he master ofsword-play, but also of the sweet-toned viol, from which he was never parted. Fetching it now, he[,,6]. Minstrel and Hagen c ASTOR TILDEN FOUND* $g THE MINSTREL KNIGHT ® seated himself in the arched doorway and began toplay. As the wondrous melodies floated on the air,all the joys and sorrows of their past lives seemedto fill once more the hearts of the sleeping and low, like the rustling of leaves in the even-ing breeze, the last notes died away, and all wasstill. Then Volker exchanged the viol for the shield,and the bow for the sword of battle. Motionlessthe two knights stood on either side of the higharched doorway, like giant figures cast in dark was it, for few stars crept through thecloudy veil which night had cast like a pall aboutthe weary strangers. Not long after midnightVolker spied the gleam of armor in the distance,and looking more closely, his sharp eyes soon dis-covered some of Kriemhilds knights lurking in thedarkness. Kriemhild had sent them thither withorders to slay Hagen, but spare the other. Volker pointed them out to his co
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