It was not long ere the folk within were awakened by the smoke and flames, and the king cried out: "Who kindled this fire in which I burn?"
"I," replied Sigmund, "with Sinfiotli, my sister's son, that you may know well that all the Volsungs are not yet dead."
Then he entreated his sister to come out into a place of safety; but she would not. "Merrily now will I die with King Siggeir, though I was not merry to wed him," said she, and she perished in the fire with her husband and his men.
Sigmund and Sinfiotli now gathered together folk and ships and returned to the land of the Volsungs, where they were warmly welcomed.
And thus ended the great feud between the Volsungs and the Goths.
Chapter XVI
How Sigmund Fought His Last Battle
This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Sigmund took
Hiordis to wife, and was slain of the might of Odin.
