Part 39

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.

VII.

The other two clung to the yard for some hours. At length (App. § 14) the young noble said faintly: “I am exhausted, and benumbed with cold, and can hold no longer. Farewell, good friend. God preserve (App. § 34) you!”

So he dropped and sank, and of all the brilliant crowd, the poor butcher of Rouen alone was saved. In the morning, some fishermen saw him floating in his sheep-skin coat, and got him into their boat,—the sole relater of the dismal tale.

For three days no one dared to carry the intelligence to the king; at length they sent into his presence a little boy, who, weeping bitterly, and kneeling at his feet, told him that the White Ship was lost, with all on board.

The king fell to the ground like a dead man, and never afterwards was seen to smile.—C. DICKENS, A CHILD’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

to cling to the yard, +sich an eine Segelstange an´klammern+; for some hours, +einige Stunden lang+, for three days, +drei Tage lang+.

+kraftlos.+

+vor Kälte erstarrt.+

‘to hold,’ here +sich halten+.

Say ‘Upon this (Hereupon) he fell into the water and sank to the bottom (+in die Tiefe hinab´sinken+)’.

crowd = company.

In the morning, +am Morgen+.

sheep-skin coat, +Schafpelz+, m.