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THE VALKYRIES

BY

E. F. BENSON

Author of "Limitations," "Dodo," etc.



T. FISHER UNWIN

LONDON LEIPZIG PARIS

1903



[Illustration: The Flight of the Valkyries]

[Illustration: Brunnhilde]

[Illustration: Siegmund The Wolsung]

[Illustration: Waltraute]

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION: THE HOUSE OF HUNDING

CHAPTER II
THE COMING OF THE STRANGER

CHAPTER III
THE STORY OF THE STRANGER

CHAPTER IV
THE RECOGNITION

CHAPTER V
THE STRIFE OF WOTAN AND FRICKA

CHAPTER VI
SIEGMUND'S LOT IS CAST

CHAPTER VII
THE FIGHT OF SIEGMUND

CHAPTER VIII
THE FLIGHT OF BRUNNHILDE

CHAPTER IX
THE SENTENCE OF BRUNNHILDE

CHAPTER X
THE SLEEP OF BRUNNHILDE.

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ILLUSTRATIONS


THE FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES Frontispiece
OFTEN HAD SHE SAT THERE
"LADY, I THANK THEE"
"TO-NIGHT WE ARE HOST AND GUEST"
AT THAT HE WRENCHED AT THE SWORD-HILT
"I GIVE THEE MINE OATH!" SAID HE
VERY SLOWLY SHE ARMED HERSELF
"WOTAN'S SPEAR IS STRETCHED AGAINST THEE, SIEGMUND"
BRUNNHILDE BRINGS SIEGLINDE TO THE VALKYRIES' MEETING-PLACE
CROUCHING AMONG HER SISTERS
THEN TENDERLY HE RAISED HER FROM WHERE SHE KNELT




PREFACE



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