Chapter 6

They rowed back. When the prince held out his arms to catch his sister, such numbers lept in, that the boat was overset; and in the same instant the White Ship went down.

Only two men floated: a nobleman, Godfrey by name, and a poor butcher of Rouen. By and by another man came swimming towards them, whom they knew, when he had pushed aside his long wet hair, to be Fitz-Stephen.

When he heard that the prince and all his retinue had gone down, Fitz-Stephen, with a ghastly face, cried: “Woe, woe to me!” and sank to the bottom.

Supply here the conj. +aber+.

+auf´fangen.+

Say ‘so many persons jumped into the boat, that it capsized’.

Supply the adverb +auch+ after the verb.

to float, +auf dem Wasser schwimmen+; of Rouen, +aus Rouen+.

+Kurz darauf+; supply the adverb +noch+ before ‘another’. He comes swimming towards me, +er kommt auf mich zu´geschwommen+.

Say ‘in whom they recognised Fitz-Stephen, when he’, etc.; to push aside = to throw back.

had gone down, +den Tod erlitten+. The auxiliary verb (had) may here be omitted, for: =In subordinate clauses, the auxiliary verbs= (+haben+, +sein+, and +werden+) =are often omitted for the sake of conciseness and elegance=; as—

+Daß sie mir ~genommen~ (wurde), ist mein größtes Leid.+

That she was taken from me is my greatest sorrow.

with — face, +totenbleich+, adv. How must the words be arranged here?

to sink to the bottom, +in die Tiefe hinab´sinken+. Supply the adv. +dann+ after the verb, which will establish a closer connection between this clause and the preceding one.

Section 53.

THE WHITE SHIP.