Beyond all friends and kinsmen do I put chief trust in thee!
But seeing that now for a season war unto peace giveth place,
Go to, let us hunt the wild-boar and hold the bear in chase
In the Odenwald, as ofttimes in days overpast have I done.”
—By Hagen was all this plotted, the utter-treacherous one.
“Each guest of mine by my message shall straightway be certified
That tomorn we go forth hunting: whoso with me will ride,
Let him hold him early ready: if any will bide here still
Fleeting careless hours with the ladies, that doth he with my good will.”
With knightly courtesy Siegfried made answer thereunto: