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Updated: June 3, 2025
And so by her wiles she brought it about that they changed semblances, and now the witch-wife sits in Signy's place according to her rede, and goes to bed by the king that night, and he knows not that he has other than Signy beside him.
But one spoke out, saying, "We will not give our sister to this evil King. Rather let us all go down fighting with the Hall of the Branstock flaming above our heads." It was Sigmund, the youngest of the Volsungs, who said this. But Signy's father said: "We know nought of evil of King Siggeir. Also our word is given to him.
Don't you like Arab's step? I always think there never was a horse like him. He was a present to me on my birthday the last gift of my dear father." "How you must love him! He goes as easy as a sail-boat on a smooth sea." And then Arab was put at a gallop, to Signy's delight.
They were orphans, and "brother" was Signy's nearest as well as dearest friend alive. He never could resist the soft tone and word, so answered "Why do you want to stay here?" "I have been watching Loki fish, and it is so funny; I want to see when he will be satisfied. He has been at it for hours." Loki was a pet cormorant, and Yaspard had taught him to seek food for himself in the voe.
So Sigmund spoke, and the boy went away weeping. A year later another son of Signy's came. As before Sigmund hardly looked at and hardly spoke to the boy. He said: "There is the mealbag. Mix the meal and make ready the bread against the time I return." When Sigmund came back the bread was unmade. The boy had shrunk away from where the bag was. "Thou hast not made the bread?" Sigmund said.
But nothing more serious came of it than the startling of Miss Osla's wits by an apparition of her nephew prancing downstairs with one of Signy's old dolls in his arms, and his face and head wrapped in a piece of black linen, upon which our young hero had sketched a death's-head and cross-bones.
"He rampaged, and set Aunt Osla off crying. Then he began experiments with that new chemical machine, and nearly blew up the house. The windows of his Den are smashed, and you never saw anything like the mess there is in it broken glass, books, methylated spirits, specimens, everything." "Hurrah!" shouted Yaspard, cutting short Signy's story; "don't tell me more. Let's go and see."
Asmund, who was extremely fond of his sister, readily consented, and they had a very happy time together, carrying over all their pet treasures, and Signy's jewels and other ornaments, and arranging them in the pretty little rooms inside the trees. Unfortunately sadder days were to come. A war with another country broke out, and the king had to lead his army against their enemy.
Siggeir had a great force of men with him, and if they refused to give her he could slay them all and harry their kingdom. Besides they had pledged themselves to give Signy when they had sent him a message of welcome. Long counsel they had together. And ten of Signy's brothers said, "Let Signy wed this King. He is not as evil as he seems in her mind." Ten brothers said it.
The poor lad suffered such torment of soul as we can scarcely imagine; to the young, compulsory inaction during mental pain is almost unendurable, and sometimes Yaspard felt that to fling himself into the water, to struggle there and drown, would be better than sitting on the holme idle, helpless, picturing Signy's fate.
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