Giselher said, "Go in to them straightway, and it will please my sister.
She feareth for my brother; by my troth, she will see thee gladly."

Siegfried answered, "If I can serve her in aught, it shall be done.
Where are now the ladies, that I may go to them?"

Giselher, the brave youth, bare the message; he said to his mother and
his sister, "Siegfried is come to us, the hero of the Netherland. My
brother Gunther hath sent him hither to the Rhine. He bringeth us word
how it standeth with the king. Allow him to come to the court, for he
bringeth news from Issland."

The noble women were heavy of their cheer. They ran for their robes, and
arrayed them, and bade Siegfried to the court; and he went gladly, for he
yearned to see them. Kriemhild, the noble maiden, greeted him fair.

"Thou art welcome, Sir Siegfried, valiant knight. Where is my brother
Gunther, the noble king? I fear we have lost him by Brunhild's
strength. Alack! that ever I was born!"

But the warrior answered, "Give me the guerdon of good news, for, fair
women, ye weep without cause. I left him safe and sound - I say sooth -
and he hath charged me with a message. He and his wife commend them
lovingly to thee, O Queen. Dry thine eyes, for they will be here
shortly."

Kriemhild had not heard such good news for many a day. She wiped her
bright eyes with her snow-white apron, and began to thank the envoy for
his message.