. The story of the German Iliad : a school reader for the sixth and seventh grades . MARRIAGES OF OUNTHER AND SIEGFRIED. 39 slight provocation to arouse her temper, and whenthey were come to their nuptial chamber she snatchedan enchanted girdle from her waist and bound KingGunthers hands and feet and bore him to a giantnail, where she hung him gainst the wall, forbiddinghim to utter any tender words lest her slumbers bedisturbed. At dawn he began to supplicate for hisfreedom, and she loosed the cord but forebore theleast display of affection. The king felt sick at heartas he met the courtiers
. The story of the German Iliad : a school reader for the sixth and seventh grades . MARRIAGES OF OUNTHER AND SIEGFRIED. 39 slight provocation to arouse her temper, and whenthey were come to their nuptial chamber she snatchedan enchanted girdle from her waist and bound KingGunthers hands and feet and bore him to a giantnail, where she hung him gainst the wall, forbiddinghim to utter any tender words lest her slumbers bedisturbed. At dawn he began to supplicate for hisfreedom, and she loosed the cord but forebore theleast display of affection. The king felt sick at heartas he met the courtiers in their robes of state thatday, and he meditated on his un-happy lot. Conformably with a customwidely known, King Gunther andBrunhilda agreedto visit the minster ^choir, where holymass was sung. Sieg-fried and Kriem-hilda accompaniedthem, the regal fourwearing diadems ofstate. Esquires wereduly dubbed thatday, receiving swords ^and knightly spursin honor of thequeen; and therewas great jubilating throughout Gunthers 40 TUB STORY OF THE GERMAN ILIAD. The ladies sat at the windows, to view the busyfield where polished shields glittered in the sat apart grieving, when the noble Sieg-fried, who surmised his ill-usage at the hands ofBrunhilda, wistfully inquired the cause of his host in sorrow confided to Siegfried, who badehim take courage. The knight then said, Whensupper is over I will go to your nuptial chambermasked in my cloak of invisibility, where I will sopunish the haughty queen that she will henceforthprove submissive to you, After Brunhilda left thesupper attended by her maids, Siegfried continuedfor awhile at the board with the fair Kriemhilda,when he suddenly disappeared from 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 ha
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