At length the sun began to peep over the eastern hills, and his beams fell upon the castle-walls, and shot away through the trees, and over the meadows, and made the dewdrops glisten13 like myriads14 of diamonds among the dripping leaves and blossoms. And a glad shout went up from the throats of the waiting heroes; for they thought that the looked-for moment had come, and the march would soon begin. And the shout was echoed from walls to turrets15, and from turrets to trees, and from trees to hills, and from the hills to the vaulted16 sky above. And nothing was wanting now but King Gunther’s word of command.
Suddenly, far down the street, the sound of a bugle17 was heard, and then of the swift clattering18 of horses’ hoofs19 coming up the hill towards the castle.
“Who are they who come thus to join us at the last moment?” asked Hagen of the watchman above the gate.
“They are strangers,” answered the watchman; “and they carry a peace-flag.”
In a few moments the strange horsemen dashed up, and halted some distance from the castle-gate, where Siegfried and his heroes stood.
“Who are you? and what is your errand?” cried Hagen, in the king’s name.
They answered that they were heralds20 from the North-land kings, sent quickly to correct the message of the day before; for their liege lords, Leudiger and Leudigast, they said, had given up warring against Burgundy, and had gone back to their homes. And they had sent humbly21 to ask the Rhineland kings to forget the rash threats which they had made, and to allow them to swear fealty22 to Gunther, and henceforth to be his humble23 vassals24, if only they might be forgiven.
“Right cheerfully do we forgive them!” cried Gunther, not waiting to consult with his wise men. “And our forgiveness shall be so full, that we shall ask neither fealty nor tribute from them.”
Then he turned to Siegfried, and said, “You hear, friend Siegfried, how this troublesome matter has been happily ended. Accept our thanks, we pray you, for your proffered25 help; for, without it, it might have gone but roughly with us in a second war with the Northland kings. But now you are free to do what pleases you. If, as you said yesterday, you would fain return to Nibelungen Land, you may send your warriors on the way to-day, for they are already equipped for the journey. But abide26 you with us another day, and to-morrow we will bid you God-speed, and you may easily overtake your Nibelungen friends ere they have reached our own boundaries.”
Siegfried was not well pleased to give up an undertaking27 scarce begun, and still less could he understand why the king should be so ready to forgive the affront28 which the North-land kings had offered him. And he was not slow in reading the look of shame and guilt29 that lurked30 in Gunther’s face, or the smile of jealous hate that Hagen could no longer hide. Yet no word of displeasure spoke31 he, nor seemed he to understand that any mischief32 was brewing33; for he feared neither force nor guile6. So he bade his Nibelungens to begin their homeward march, saying that he and Kriemhild, and the ladies of her train, would follow swiftly on the morrow.
“Since it is your last day with us,” said Gunther, grown cunning through Hagen’s teaching, “what say you, dear Siegfried, to a hunt in Odin’s Wood?”
“Right glad will I be to join you in such sport,” answered Siegfried. “I will change my war-coat for a hunting-suit, and be ready within an hour.”
Then Siegfried went to his apartments, and doffed35 his steel-clad armor, and searched in vain through his wardrobe for his favorite hunting-suit. But it was nowhere to be found; and he was fain to put on the rich embroidered36 coat which he sometimes wore in battle, instead of a coat-of-mail. And he did not see the white lime-leaf that Kriemhild with anxious care had worked in silk upon it. Then he sought the queen, and told her of the unlooked-for change of plans, and how, on the morrow, they would ride towards Nibelungen Land; but to-day he said he had promised Gunther to hunt with him in the Odenwald.
But Kriemhild, to his great surprise, begged him not to leave her, even to hunt in the Odenwald. For she had begun to fear that she had made a great mistake in telling Hagen the story of the lime-leaf; and yet she could not explain to Siegfried the true cause of her uneasiness.
“Oh, do not join in the hunt!” she cried. “Something tells me that danger lurks37 hidden in the wood. Stay in the castle with me, and help me put things in readiness for our journey homewards to-morrow. Last night I had another dream. I thought that Odin’s birds, Hugin and Munin, sat on a tree before me. And Hugin flapped his wings, and said, ‘What more vile than a false friend? What more to be feared than a secret foe12? Harder than stone is his unfeeling heart; sharper than the adder’s poison-fangs are his words; a snake in the grass is he!’ Then Munin flapped his wings too, but said nothing. And I awoke, and thought at once of the sunbright Balder, slain38 through Loki’s vile deceit. And, as I thought upon his sad death, a withered39 leaf came fluttering through the casement40, and fell upon my couch. Sad signs and tokens are these, my husband; and much grief, I fear, they foretell41.”
But Siegfried was deaf to her words of warning, and he laughed at the foolish dream. Then he bade her farewell till even-tide, and hastened to join the party of huntsmen who waited for him impatiently at the gate.
When the party reached the Odenwald, they separated; each man taking his own course, and following his own game. Siegfried, with but one trusty huntsman and his own fleet-footed hound, sought at once the wildest and thickest part of the wood. And great was the slaughter42 he made among the fierce beasts of the forest; for nothing that was worthy43 of notice could hide from his sight, or escape him. From his lair44 in a thorny45 thicket46, a huge wild boar sprang up; and with glaring red eyes, and mouth foaming47, and tusks48 gnashing with rage, he charged fiercely upon the hero. But, with one skilful49 stroke from his great spear, Siegfried laid the beast dead on the heather. Next he met a tawny50 lion, couched ready to spring upon him; but, drawing quickly his heavy bow, he sent a quivering arrow through the animal’s heart. Then, one after another, he slew51 a buffalo52, four bisons, a mighty53 elk54 with branching horns, and many deers and stags and savage55 beasts.
At one time the hound drove from its hiding-place another wild boar, much greater than the first, and far more fierce. Quickly Siegfried dismounted from his horse, and met the grizzly56 creature as it rushed with raving57 fury towards him. The sword of the hero cleft58 the beast in twain, and its bloody59 parts lay lifeless on the ground. Then Siegfried’s huntsman, in gay mood, said, “My lord, would it not be better to rest a while! If you keep on slaughtering60 at this rate, there will soon be no game left in Odenwald.”
Siegfried laughed heartily61 at the merry words, and at once called in his hound, saying, “You are right! We will hunt no more until our good friends have joined us.”
Soon afterward the call of a bugle was heard; and Gunther and Hagen and Dankwart and Ortwin, with their huntsmen and hounds, came riding up.
“What luck have you had, my friends?” asked Siegfried.
Then Hagen told what game they had taken,—a deer, a young bear, and two small wild boars. But, when they learned what Siegfried had done, the old chief’s face grew dark, and he knit his eyebrows62, and bit his lips in jealous hate: for four knights63, ten huntsmen, and four and twenty hounds, had beaten every bush, and followed every trail; and yet the Nibelungen king, with but one follower64 and one hound, had slain ten times as much game as they.
While they stood talking over the successes of the day, the sound of a horn was heard, calling the sportsmen together for the mid-day meal; and knights and huntsmen turned their steeds, and rode slowly towards the trysting-place. Suddenly a huge bear, roused by the noise of baying hounds and tramping feet, crossed their pathway.
“Ah!” cried Siegfried, “there goes our friend Bruin, just in time to give us a bit of fun, and some needed sport at dinner. He shall go with us, and be our guest!”
With these words he loosed his hound, and dashed swiftly forwards after the beast. Through thick underbrush and tangled65 briers, and over fallen trees, the frightened creature ran, until at last it reached a steep hillside. There, in a rocky cleft, it stood at bay, and fought fiercely for its life. When Siegfried came up, and saw that his hound dared not take hold of the furious beast, he sprang from his horse, and seized the bear in his own strong arms, and bound him safely with a stout66 cord. Then he fastened an end of the cord to his saddle-bows, and remounted his steed. And thus he rode through the forest to the place where the dinner waited, dragging the unwilling67 bear behind him, while the dog bounded gayly along by his side.
No nobler sight had ever been seen in that forest than that which Gunther’s people saw that day. The Nibelungen king was dressed as well became so great a hero. His suit was of the speckled lynx’s hide and rich black silk, upon which were embroidered many strange devices, with threads of gold. (But, alas68! between the shoulders was the silken lime-leaf that Queen Kriemhild’s busy fingers had wrought69.) His cap was of the blackest fur, brought from the frozen Siberian land. Over his shoulder was thrown his well-filled quiver, made of lion’s skin; and in his hands he carried his bow of mulberry,—a very beam in size, and so strong that no man save himself could bend it. A golden hunting-horn was at his side, and his sunbright shield lay on his saddle-bow; while his mighty sword, the fire-edged Balmung, in its sheath glittering with gemstones, hung from his jewelled belt.
The men who stood around chief Hagen, and who saw the hero coming thus god-like through the greenwood, admired and trembled; and Dankwart whispered a word of caution to his dark-browed brother. But the old chief’s face grew gloomier than before; and he scowled70 fiercely upon the faint-hearted Dankwart, as he hoarsely71 whispered in return,—
“What though he be Odin himself, still will I dare! It is not I: it is the Norns, who shape every man’s fate.”
When Siegfried reached the camp with his prize, the huntsmen shouted with delight; and the hounds howled loudly, and shook their chains, and tried hard to get at the shaggy beast. The king leaped to the ground, and unloosed the cords which bound him; and at the same time the hounds were unleashed72, and set upon the angry, frightened creature. Hemmed73 in on every side, the bear rushed blindly forwards, and leaped over the fires, where the cooks were busy with the dinner. Pots and kettles were knocked about in great confusion, and the scared cooks thrown sprawling74 upon the ground; and many a dainty dish and savory75 mess was spoiled. The bear fled fast down the forest road, followed by the baying hounds and the fleet-footed warriors. But none dared shoot an arrow at him for fear of killing76 the dogs; and it seemed as if he would surely escape, so fast he ran away. Then Siegfried bounded forwards, swifter than a deer, overtook the bear, and with one stroke of the sword gave him his death-blow. And all who saw this feat77 of strength and quickness wondered greatly, and felt that such a hero must indeed be without a peer.
When Gunther’s cooks had made the dinner ready, the company sat down on the grass, and all partook of a merry meal; for the bracing78 air and the morning’s sport had made sharp appetites. But, when they had eaten, they were surprised to find that there was nothing to drink. Indeed, there was neither wine nor water in the camp.
“How glad I am,” said Siegfried gayly, “that I am not a huntsman by trade, if it is a huntsman’s way to go thus dry! Oh for a glass of wine, or even a cup of cold spring-water, to quench79 my thirst!”
“We will make up for this oversight80 when we go back home,” said Gunther; and his heart was black with falsehood. “The blame in this matter should rest on Hagen, for it was he who was to look after the drinkables.”
“My lord,” said Hagen, “I fell into a mistake by thinking that we would dine, not here, but at the Spessart Springs; and thither81 I sent the wine.”
“And is there no water near?” asked Siegfried.
“Yes,” answered Hagen. “There is a cool, shady spring not far from here, where the water gushes82 in a clear, cold stream from beneath a linden-tree. Do but forgive me for the lack of wine, and I will lead you to it. It is a rare spring, and the water is almost as good as wine.”
“Better than wine for me!” cried Siegfried. And he asked to be shown to the spring at once.
Hagen arose, and pointed83 to a tree not far away, beneath whose spreading branches Siegfried could see the water sparkling in the sunlight.
“Men have told me,” said the chief, “that the Nibelungen king is very fleet of foot, and that no one has ever outstripped84 him in the race. Time was, when King Gunther and myself were spoken of as very swift runners; and, though we are now growing old, I fancy that many young men would, even now, fail to keep pace with us. Suppose we try a race to the spring, and see which of the three can win.”
“Agreed!” cried Siegfried. “We will run; and, if I am beaten, I will kneel down in the grass to him who wins. I will give the odds85 in your favor too; for I will carry with me my spear, and my shield, and my helmet and sword, and all the trappings of the chase, while you may doff34 from your shoulders whatever might hinder your speed.”
So Gunther and Hagen laid aside all their arms, and put off their heavy clothing; but Siegfried took up his bow and quiver, and his heavy shield, and his beamlike spear. Then the word was given, and all three ran with wondrous86 speed. Gunther and his chief flew over the grass as light-footed as two wild panthers: but Siegfried sped swift as an arrow shot from the hand of a skilful bowman. He reached the spring when yet the others were not half way to it. He laid his spear and sword, and bow and quiver of arrows, upon the ground, and leaned his heavy shield against the linden-tree; and then he waited courteously87 for King Gunther to come up, for his knightly88 honor would not allow him to drink until his host had quenched89 his thirst.
Gunther, when he reached the spring, stooped over, and drank heartily of the cool, refreshing90 water; and, after he had risen, Siegfried knelt upon the grass at the edge of the pool to quaff91 from the same gushing92 fountain. Stealthily then, and with quickness, did chief Hagen hide his huge bow and his quiver, and his good sword Balmung, and, seizing the hero’s spear, he lifted it in air, and with too steady aim struck the silken lime-leaf that the loving Kriemhild had embroidered. Never in all the wide mid-world was known a deed more cowardly, never a baser act. The hero was pierced with his own weapon by one he had deemed his friend. His blood gushed93 forth in torrents94, and dyed the green grass red, and discolored the sparkling water, and even filled the face and eyes of vile Hagen.
Yet, in the hour of death, King Siegfried showed how noble was his soul, how great his strength of will. Up he rose from his bended knees, and fiercely glanced around. Then, had not the evil-eyed chief, who never before had shunned95 a foe, fled with fleet-footed fear, quick vengeance96 would have overtaken him. In vain did the dying king look for his bow and his trusty sword: too safely had they been hidden. Then, though death was fast dimming his eyes, he seized his heavy shield, and sprang after the flying Hagen. Swift as the wind he followed him, quickly he overtook him. With his last strength he felled the vile wretch97 to the ground, and beat him with the shield, until the heavy plates of brass98 and steel were broken, and the jewels which adorned99 it were scattered100 among the grass. The sound of the heavy blows was heard far through the forest; and, had the hero’s strength held out, Hagen would have had his reward. But Siegfried, weak and pale from the loss of blood, now staggered, and fell among the trampled101 flowers of the wood.
“Cowards and traitors104, ye! A curse shall fall upon you. My every care has been to serve and please you, and thus I am requited105. Bitterly shall you rue8 this deed. The brand of traitor103 is set upon your foreheads, and it shall be a mark of loathing106 and shame to you forever.”
Then the weak old Gunther began to wring107 his hands, and to bewail the death of Siegfried. But the hero bade him hush108, and asked him of what use it was to regret an act which could have been done only by his leave and sanction.
“Better to have thought of tears and groans109 before,” said he. “I have always known that you were a man of weak mind, but never did I dream that you could lend yourself to so base a deed. And now, if there is left aught of manliness110 in your bosom111, I charge you to have a care for Kriemhild your sister. Long shall my loved Nibelungen-folk await my coming home.”
The glorious hero struggled in the last agony. The grass and flowers were covered with his blood; the trees shivered, as if in sympathy with him, and dropped their leaves upon the ground; the birds stopped singing, and sorrowfully flew away; and a solemn silence fell upon the earth, as if the very heart of Nature had been crushed.
And the men who stood around—all save the four guilty ones—bowed their heads upon their hands, and gave way to one wild burst of grief. Then tenderly they took up Siegfried, and laid him upon a shield, with his mighty weapons by him. And, when the sorrowing Night had spread her black mantle112 over the mid-world, they carried him silently out of the forest, and across the river, and brought him, by Gunther’s orders, to the old castle, which now nevermore would resound113 with mirth and gladness. And they laid him at Kriemhild’s door, and stole sadly away to their own places, and each one thought bitterly of the morrow.
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