Glittering Heath. The treasure shall be thine, and also the
curse."

"And also the curse," echoed Regin.





Adventure IV.
Fafnir, the Dragon.



Regin took up his harp, and his fingers smote the strings;
and the music which came forth sounded like the wail of the
winter's wind through the dead treetops of the forest. And
the song which he sang was full of grief and wild hopeless
yearning for the things which were not to be. When he had
ceased, Siegfried said,--

"That was indeed a sorrowful song for one to sing who sees
his hopes so nearly realized. Why are you so sad? Is it
because you fear the curse which you have taken upon
yourself? or is it because you know not what you will do
with so vast a treasure, and its possession begins already
to trouble you?"

"Oh, many are the things I will do with that treasure!"
answered Regin; and his eyes flashed wildly, and his face