. The story of the German Iliad : a school reader for the sixth and seventh grades . rom her sight, whichcaused the gentle wife much alarm. Without adoSiegfried joroceeded to Gunthers apartments andprovoked Brunhilda into a violent wrath, when shethrew him against a tressel with great force. Thenshe began to bind him hand and foot, with the inten-tion of hanging him on a nail as she had done toGuntlier the preceding night, for she believed sheAvas contending with her husband, since the chamberwas but dimly lighted and Siegfrieds cloak com-pletely disguised him. Siegfried was nearly squeezedto
. The story of the German Iliad : a school reader for the sixth and seventh grades . rom her sight, whichcaused the gentle wife much alarm. Without adoSiegfried joroceeded to Gunthers apartments andprovoked Brunhilda into a violent wrath, when shethrew him against a tressel with great force. Thenshe began to bind him hand and foot, with the inten-tion of hanging him on a nail as she had done toGuntlier the preceding night, for she believed sheAvas contending with her husband, since the chamberwas but dimly lighted and Siegfrieds cloak com-pletely disguised him. Siegfried was nearly squeezedto death between the oaken press and the wall andalmost lost hia life, but calling up his utmost energy,he caught Brunhilda and threw her with such forcethat she was glad to beg for mercy, and she promisednever to wage warfare upon her lord again. MARRIAGES OF GUNTHER AND SIEGFRIED. 41 Siegfried, with great dexterity, drew a ring fromher hand so that she never felt the jewel go, and tak-ing her magic girdle, he slipped away without herperceiving that she had been overcome by another. hand than that of her hiTsband, and the tremblingking received her protestations of reform. Siegfried gave the girdle and the ring to Kriem-hilda, and he did not withhold from her the story ofBrunhildas punishment. 42 TUB STORY OF TllE GERMAN ILIAD. CHAPTEE VI. THE QUARREL OF THE QUEEXS.
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