Then glad in his heart was Hagen, that bold and knightly thane.
She besought that noble chieftain to her palace builded wide
With her to return, and thither strode Gunther at her side.
There all men fearing before him in homage lowly bent.
So the brethren, Dankwart and Hagen, thereat were well content.
Now Siegfried, the swift war-helper, in all deep craft was wise:
Back bare he the Hood of Darkness, and hid it from all men’s eyes.
Then he passed to the hall, where fair ones sat in their bravery;
And he spake unto King Gunther, and cunningly dealt he:—
“Now why, Lord King, dost thou tarry, that the games not yet begin