He sat down and buried his face in his hands, and there he sits day
after day.

"He tell us the giants are passing from the earth. A little while and
Valhalla shall be no more.

"He refuses all of Freya's golden fruit. He has grown very old and very
sad.

"Yesterday I heard him say, 'Oh! if Brunhilde would only give the ring
back to the Rhine-daughters, and release the world from the terrible
curse of gold!'

"And, Brunhilde, I have come to beg of you, will you not give the ring
back to the Rhine-daughters?"

Brunhilde clasped the ring close to her breast.

"Give the ring to the Rhine-daughters?" she cried.

Then she looked far away toward the valley----and Siegfried.

"This ring of mine is Siegfried's pledge of love!"


LOVE

The next morning Brunhilde stood upon Walkuere Rock and watched the
glorious sunrise.