Volume 9 / Act 3 — SCENE IX
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KRIEMHILD (who has meanwhile come out of the cathedral).
Forgive me, Siegfried, for the wrong I did! Yet if thou knewest how she slandered thee—
GUNTHER (to SIEGFRIED).
Hast thou then boasted?
SIEGFRIED (laying his hand on KRIEMHILD's head). By her life I swear, I never did.
HAGEN.
No oath is needed here! He only told the truth.
SIEGFRIED.
And even that Upon compulsion! HAGEN. That I do not doubt! The tale can wait the telling. 'Tis our part To separate the women, for we know That serpents' crests may ever rise again If they too soon gaze in each other's eyes.
SIEGFRIED.
I'm soon departing hence. Come, Kriemhild, come!
KRIEMHILD (to BRUNHILDA).
If thou couldst know how thou didst anger me, Then even thou—
BRUNHILDA (turns away).
KRIEMHILD.
Since thou dost love my brother, How canst thou hate the means that gave thee him To be his bride?
BRUNHILDA.
Oh, Oh!
HAGEN.
Away! Away!
SIEGFRIED (leading KRIEMHILD away).
There's been no tattling here, as you shall see.
[Exeunt.]