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FENRIS

[Craftily beckoning Baldur under the shadow of a cleft.]

Tss! Wise is the One-Eyed. Tss! read me thy riddle now.

BALDUR

Know then, O Fenris, Odin of himself

Is weak to hold thee. Of his kin, another

Conniveth with him.

FENRIS

Kin, sayst?

BALDUR

Thou, his son. Thou forgest

Chains stubborner than Odin’s, links of lust

Mightier than these of steel, which are themselves

The might of these thou wearest. O my brother,

Lay off thine own, and Odin’s shall be straw.

FENRIS

Thus readest thy riddle?

BALDUR

Thus findest thou freedom: do our father’s will.

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