"
"Speak in no such wise, daughter!" said he, "for great shame will
it be to him, yea, and to us also, to break troth with him, he
being sackless; (2) and in naught may we trust him, and no
friendship shall we have of him, if these matters are broken off;
but he will pay us back in as evil wise as he may; for that alone
is seemly, to hold truly to troth given."
So King Siggeir got ready for home, and before he went from the
feast he bade King Volsung, his father-in-las, come see him in
Gothland, and all his sons with him whenas three months should be
overpast, and to bring such following with him, as he would have,
and as he deemed meet for his honour; and thereby will Siggeir
the king pay back for the shortcomings of the wedding-feast, in
that he would abide thereat but one night only, a thing not
according to the wont of men. So King Volsung gave word to come
on the day named, and the kinsmen-in-law parted, and Siggeir went
home with his wife.
ENDNOTES:
(1) Fetch; wraith, or familiar spirit.
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