I went unwillingly enough, who desired to drink more of the delight of Iduna's eyes.

Still, go I must, since Athalbrand would have it so.

The marriage, he said, should take place at Aar at the time of the Spring feast, and not before.

Meanwhile he held it best we should be apart that we might learn whether we still clung to each other in absence.
These were the reasons he gave, but I think that he was already somewhat sorry for what he had done, and reflected that between harvest and springtime he might find another husband for Iduna, who was more to his mind.

For Athalbrand, as I learned afterwards, was a scheming and a false-hearted man.