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96 allowed, because he never refused his daughter anything.

Everything was ready. As soon as Hilde was on board, they set sail.

Swiftly they sailed, but Hagen followed them as swiftly. The day after they landed Hagen's ships came in sight.

Hetel's army went down to the shore to meet them. Hagen was so angry that he sprang into the water and all his army followed him.

A fierce battle was fought. Both the kings were wounded. Then Hilde begged them to stop fighting, and they became friends for hersake.

King Hetel had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was called Ortwein and the girl Gudrun.

Gudrun was even more beautiful than her mother. King Hetel would not allow her to become the wife of any king in all that land. He thought no one was good enough for her.

Three kings, Siegfried of Moorland, Herwig of Seeland, and Hartmut of Normandy, came to ask for her. King Hetel refused them all.

Herwig returned to his home, but he came back to Hetel's kingdom with three thousand knights. A battle was fought by the castle gate. Hetel and Herwig fought hand to hand.

Gudrun saw the fight from her window. She