And she said he would never see her glad in his hall , never drinking wine , never playing chess , never embroidering with the golden thread , never speaking words of kindness . Then she rent all her needlework asunder and wept aloud , so that everyone in the house heard her . For her heart was broken , and her pride was broken in the same hour . She had lost her true love , Sigurd , the slayer of Fafnir , and she was married to a man who was a liar . Then Sigurd came and tried to comfort her , but she would not listen , and said she wished the sword stood fast in his heart . ` Not long to wait , ' he said , 'till the bitter sword stands fast in my heart , and thou will not live long when I am dead . But , dear Brynhild , live and be comforted , and love Gunnar thy husband , and I will give thee all the gold , the treasure of the dragon Fafnir . ' Brynhild said : ` It is too late . ' Then Sigurd was so grieved and his heart so swelled in his breast that it burst the steel rings of his shirt of mail . Sigurd went out and Brynhild determined to slay him . She mixed serpent 's venom and wolf 's flesh , and gave them in one dish to her husband 's younger brother , and when he had tasted them he was mad , and he went into Sigurd 's chamber while he slept and pinned him to the bed with a sword . But Sigurd woke , and caught the sword Gram into his hand , and threw it at the man as he fled , and the sword cut him in twain . Thus died Sigurd , Fafnir 's bane , whom no ten men could have slain in fair fight . Then Gudrun wakened and saw him dead , and she moaned aloud , and Brynhild heard her and laughed ; but the kind horse Grani lay down and died of very grief . And then Brynhild fell a-weeping till her heart broke . So they attired Sigurd in all his golden armour , and built a great pile of wood on board his ship , and at night laid on it the dead Sigurd and the dead Brynhild , and the good horse , Grani , and set fire to it , and launched the ship . And the wind bore it blazing out to sea , flaming into the dark . So there were Sigurd and Brynhild burned together , and the curse of the dwarf Andvari was fulfilled . A TALE OF THE TONTLAWALD Long , long ago there stood in the midst of a country covered with lakes a vast stretch of moorland called the Tontlawald , on which no man ever dared set foot . From time to time a few bold spirits had been drawn by curiosity to its borders , and on their return had reported that they had caught a glimpse of a ruined house in a grove of thick trees , and round about it were a crowd of beings resembling men , swarming over the grass like bees .
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