KRIEMHILD.
So be it! To the church!
(To GUNTHER.)
'Twas robbers then?
I bid thee gather all thy kindred there
To try the test of murder.
GUNTHER.
Be it so.
KRIEMHILD.
But bring them one and all, for now I find
That some are missing. Call the absent too!
[Exeunt omnes; the men and women by
different doors.]
SCENE IX
In the cathedral. Torches. The Chaplain with other priests is at one side before an iron door. At the main entrance of the cathedral about sixty of HAGEN's kindred are assembled. Finally HAGEN, GUNTHER and the others. Knocking is heard.