German composition

Note 8 — Section 52. THE WHITE SHIP. VI.

Reading edition

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—

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