She would suffer not Gunther’s liegeman in the storing thereof to partake;
And thereover Gunther and Hagen into merry laughter brake.
“Now to whom,” said that Daughter of Princes, “shall I commit my land
Ere we go? Be a warder appointed by mine and by thine hand.”
Made answer Gunther the noble: “Summon thou hitherward
Whomsoever thou pleasest: appoint him its governor and lord.”
Then the Lady looked on her kinsmen, and beheld one nigh at hand,
And the man was her mother’s brother; and to him gave she her command:
“Now let my land and my castles be given in charge from this day
Unto thee, till it please King Gunther to take them under his sway.”