“Why, this is more beautifully worked than the first tunic! I can hardly imagine how you have done it without any one to help you. Now you must make the third and last tunic. I will give you three days to finish it; and remember that this tunic must surpass both the others in beauty of design and richness of embroidery, for I shall wear it on our wedding-day.”
After the prince had gone, Laufey sat down on the couch, and felt very sad. How could she hope that Lineik would again help her? She had done so twice, notwithstanding all the ill the queen had intended against her and Siegfrid, and it was too much to expect her to aid her again, and, thinking thus sadly, the tears streamed down her cheeks.
But Prince Siegfrid was so touched by the poor girl’s grief that he again said to his sister—
“Lineik, sister,
Laufey weeps!
Oh, have pity on her,
And assist her with her task!”
And again Lineik replied—
“Hast thou forgotten, oh brother,
All Brunhild’s wicked deeds,