. The story of the German Iliad : a school reader for the sixth and seventh grades . ty, yet you must allow that yourbrother by high birth should be placed before him andall other kings. At this Kriemhilda bridled up andmade angry retort; but Brunhilda said, I heard each THE QUARREL OF THE QUEENS. 47 of them acknowledge to the other that Siegfried wasliegeman to Gunther. I have ever held him sinceas a vassal paying fee. Does Brunhild indeedthink that my brother ^m^mm^^y^:^: ^^mm: would make me hisvassals wife ? quothKriemhilda, thenwere I allied to a pre-tense, and henceforthI beg Queen Brunhi
. The story of the German Iliad : a school reader for the sixth and seventh grades . ty, yet you must allow that yourbrother by high birth should be placed before him andall other kings. At this Kriemhilda bridled up andmade angry retort; but Brunhilda said, I heard each THE QUARREL OF THE QUEENS. 47 of them acknowledge to the other that Siegfried wasliegeman to Gunther. I have ever held him sinceas a vassal paying fee. Does Brunhild indeedthink that my brother ^m^mm^^y^:^: ^^mm: would make me hisvassals wife ? quothKriemhilda, thenwere I allied to a pre-tense, and henceforthI beg Queen Brunhildthat she desist fromsuch slandrous not desist, saidQueen Brunhild, butreassert my right. Dostthou suppose that Iwill resign the serviceof so many usefulknights who, as well asthy spouse, are owinggage ? You shalldesist, said the beauti-ful Kriemhild, whocould not suppressher rage, you shalldesist. To make such claim shows a dishonestmind. You shall have no service from him. Byright of rank Ill brook no more such haughtinessfrom you, and to show you that I take preced-. bi;. 48 THE STOIiY OF THE GERMAN , this day will I enter minster-church before you. The two queens like competitors now separatedtheir retinues, and Siegfrieds wife ordered her train todon their richest clothes, which mandate they obeyedmost gladly. So richly were they attired that alldescription would be vain. Arrived at minster-porchfair Brunhilda commanded Kriemhilda and her courtto stand aside that the Queen of Burgundy mightpass before the wife of the liegeman, when Kriem-hilda, so excited was her soul, taunted her proudhostess with the victories gained over her by Siegfriedthrough the virtues of the cloak of invisibility, all ofthis being a secret to her as yet. Stung to the heartby such cruel taunts, Brunhildas tears began to flow,and Kriemhild went onward into the church, takingprecedence of the queen. When mass was done, Brunhilda waited with-out the porch, and as Kriemhilda was abo
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