Section 52. The White Ship. Vi

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.