In that I will not meddle, until as friends they feel
Each unto the other,— Hagen brave and knightly,
And Hettel, my lord and master; till then shall I withhold my skill most rightly.”
[534]
The high-born maiden answered: “This I may not dare
To ask of the king, my father; his tears I did not spare,
And now have not the boldness to bring to him my greeting;
Both he and all his kinsmen I fear would now my love with scorn be meeting.”
[535]
Then ’twas asked of Hagen: “My lord, may this now be,