Section 52. THE WHITE SHIP. VI.
Reading edition
They rowed back. When[1] the prince held out his arms to catch[2] his sister, such[3] numbers lept in, that the boat was overset; and in the same instant the White Ship went[4] down.
Only two men floated[5]: a nobleman, Godfrey by name, and a poor butcher of Rouen. By and by[6] another man came swimming towards them, whom[7] 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[8] gone down, Fitz-Stephen, with a ghastly face[9], cried: “Woe, woe to me!” and sank[10] to the bottom.
Daß sie mir genommen (wurde), ist mein größtes Leid. That she was taken from me is my greatest sorrow.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Supply here the conj. aber.Note 2 · auf´fangen.Note 3 · Say ‘so many persons jumped into the boat, that it capsized’.Note 4 · Supply the adverb auch after the verb.Note 5 · to float, auf dem Wasser schwimmen; of Rouen, aus Rouen.Note 6 · Kurz darauf; supply the adverb noch before ‘another’. He comes swimming towards me, er kommt auf mich zu´geschwommen.Note 7 · Say ‘in whom they recognised Fitz-Stephen, when he’, etc.; to push aside = to throw back.Note 8 · had gone down, den Tod erlitten. The auxiliary verb (had) may here be omitted, for: In subordinate clauses, the auxiliary verbs (haben, seinNote 9 · with — face, totenbleich, adv. How must the words be arranged here?Note 10 · 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