German composition

Section 51. THE WHITE SHIP. V.

Reading edition

Crash⁠[1]!—a terrific cry broke from three hundred hearts. It was the cry (S. 16, N. 10) the people⁠[2] in the distant vessels of the king had faintly⁠[3] heard on the water. The White Ship had struck upon a rock, and⁠[4] was going down!

Fitz-Stephen hurried⁠[5] the prince into a boat with some few nobles. “Push off,” he whispered, “and row to⁠[6] the land. It is not far, and the sea is smooth⁠[7]. The⁠[8] rest of us must die.”

But⁠[9], as they rowed away fast from the sinking ship, the prince heard the voice of his sister Mary calling⁠[10] for help. He (S. 5, N. 2) never in his life had been so good as⁠[11] he was then. He⁠[12] cried, in an agony: “Row back at any risk! I cannot bear⁠[13] to leave her!”

Notes in this chapter

Note 2 · after all ... but, doch immer nur; a — thing, etwas Relatives.Note 10 · Supply the relative pronoun ‘which’, for: The relative pronoun can never be omitted in German; to spill, vergießen.Note 1 · Krach!—es erhob sich ein aus drei hundert Kehlen erschallender fürchterlicher Angstschrei.Note 2 · the people = one; in = upon.Note 3 · faintly on the water, unvollkommen von der See herüber.Note 4 · und war im Sinken begriffen!Note 5 · to hurry into a boat, schnell in ein Boot steigen lassen; with = and.Note 6 · an, contracted with the def. art.Note 7 · [1] Krach!—es erhob sich ein aus drei hundert Kehlen erschallender fürchterlicher Angstschrei. [2] the people = one; in = upon. [3] faintly Note 8 · The — us = We others.Note 9 · Render ‘but’ by jedoch, which place before the adverb ‘fast’ (schnell); to row away, sich entfernen.Note 10 · See S. 16, N. 4; for, um.Note 11 · Say ‘as at (in) this moment’.Note 12 · The remaining passage will greatly improve by placing the clause ‘Row — risk’ before the words ‘He — agony’. In an agony, voll Seelenangst; Note 13 · When there is in a principal clause a transitive verb, the object of which is contained in a following objective clause, which often assumes