[He draws her farther away.]

FREYJA But if one yearn in vain—

[The rattle of Fenris’s manacles echoes in the crater.]

THE PACK Ulfr! Ulfr vaknathi!

FREYJA Listen! They cry— “The wolf awakeneth!” What wolf? And why That clang of steel?

BALDUR His chain.

FREYJA [In dreadful wonder.] But he?

BALDUR A beast Untamed and tameless.—Ask not with thine eyes!— Fenris, my brother.

FREYJA [Springs joyfully toward the crater.] Ah!

BALDUR [Stays her.] Where art thou going?