So did that Daughter of Princes according as Gunther bade:
But cold and haughty greeting from Brunhild Siegfried had.
So they gave them lodging, and safely laid by their battle-gear.
And by this were guests so many there gathered from far and near,
That for these too strait was the city as they thronged on every hand.
And now would the valiant heroes fare home to Burgundia-land.
Then spake that Daughter of Princes: “Unto him were I thankful-souled
Who for me would deal out my bounty of my silver and my gold
Unto my guests and King Gunther’s; for full is my treasury.”
Then Dankwart, Giselher’s liegeman, made answer gallantly: