And the curse soon came upon all of them . For one day , when Brynhild and Gudrun were bathing , Brynhild waded farthest out into the river , and said she did that to show she was Guirun 's superior . For her husband , she said , had ridden through the flame when no other man dared face it . Then Gudrun was very angry , and said that it was Sigurd , not Gunnar , who had ridden the flame , and had received from Brynhild that fatal ring , the ring of the dwarf Andvari . Then Brynhild saw the ring which Sigard had given to Gudrun , and she knew it and knew all , and she turned as pale as a dead woman , and went home . All that evening she never spoke . Next day she told Gunnar , her husband , that he was a coward and a liar , for he had never ridden the flame , but had sent Sigurd to do it for him , and pretended that he had done it himself . And she said he would never see her glad in his hall , never drinking wine , never playing chess , never embroidering with the golden thread , never speaking words of kindness . Then she rent all her needlework asunder and wept aloud , so that everyone in the house heard her . For her heart was broken , and her pride was broken in the same hour . She had lost her true love , Sigurd , the slayer of Fafnir , and she was married to a man who was a liar . Then Sigurd came and tried to comfort her , but she would not listen , and said she wished the sword stood fast in his heart . ` Not long to wait , ' he said , 'till the bitter sword stands fast in my heart , and thou will not live long when I am dead . But , dear Brynhild , live and be comforted , and love Gunnar thy husband , and I will give thee all the gold , the treasure of the dragon Fafnir . ' Brynhild said : ` It is too late . ' Then Sigurd was so grieved and his heart so swelled in his breast that it burst the steel rings of his shirt of mail . Sigurd went out and Brynhild determined to slay him . She mixed serpent 's venom and wolf 's flesh , and gave them in one dish to her husband 's younger brother , and when he had tasted them he was mad , and he went into Sigurd 's chamber while he slept and pinned him to the bed with a sword . But Sigurd woke , and caught the sword Gram into his hand , and threw it at the man as he fled , and the sword cut him in twain . Thus died Sigurd , Fafnir 's bane , whom no ten men could have slain in fair fight .
Then Gudrun wakened and saw him dead , and she moaned aloud , and Brynhild XXXXX her and laughed ; but the kind horse Grani lay down and died of very grief .
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