Now it is to be told that Siggeir goes to bed
by Signy that night, and the next morning the weather was fair; then says
King Siggeir that he will not bide, lest the wind should wax, or the sea
grow impassable; nor is it said that Volsung or his sons letted him herein,
and that the less, because they saw that he was fain to get him gone from
the feast. But now says Signy to her father --
"I have no will to go away with Seggeir, neither does
my heart smile upon him, and I wot, by my fore-knowledge, and from the
fetch (1) of our kin, that from this counsel will great evil fall on
us if this wedding be not speedily undone."
"Speak in no such wise, daughter!" said he, "for great
shame will it be to him, yea, and to us also, to break troth with him,
he being sackless; (2) and in naught may we trust him, and no friendship
shall we have of him, if these matters are broken off; but he will pay
us back in as evil wise as he may; for that alone is seemly, to hold
truly to troth given."
So King Siggeir got ready for home, and before he went
from the feast he bade King Volsung, his father-in-las, come see him
in Gothland, and all his sons with him whenas three months should be
overpast, and to bring such following with him, as he would have, and
as he deemed meet for his honour; and thereby will Siggeir the king
pay back for the shortcomings of the wedding-feast, in that he would
abide thereat but one night only, a thing not according to the wont
of men. So King Volsung gave word to come on the day named, and the
kinsmen-in-law parted, and Siggeir went home with his wife.