At length she lifted her sad eyes to Wotan and cried:--

"Was it so wrong, this thing that I have done? 'T is you who taught me

to shield the brave and the true. I only sought to care for one

you loved."

"Brunhilde, you disobeyed me. I have told you what your punishment shall

be. I cannot change it."

"Then grant me, Father, this one wish: that you will make the place

where I sleep so no coward can reach me. Make it so none but a hero will

dare come near."

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