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Brynhild answers, "Thou knowest me not, nor the heart that is in
me; for thou art the first and best of all men, and I am become
the most loathsome of all woman to thee."
"This is truer," says Sigurd, "that I loved thee better than
myself, though I fell into the wiles from whence our lives may
not escape; for whenso my own heart and mind availed me, then I
sorrowed sore that thou wert not my wife; but as I might I put my
trouble from me, for in a king's dwelling was I; and withal and
in spite of all I was well content that we were all together.
Well may it be, that that shall come to pass which is foretold;
neither shall I fear the fulfilment thereof."
Brynhild answered, and said, "Too late thou tellest me that my
grief grieved thee: little pity shall I find now."
Sigurd said, "This my heart would, that thou and I should go into
one bed together; even so wouldst thou be my wife."
Said Brynhild, "Such words may nowise be spoken, nor will I have
two kings in one hall; I will lay my life down rather than
beguile Gunnar the King.
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