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Tristan was now too weak to keep his watch fro days, within walls, far from the shore, he had mourned for Iseult because she did not cohed in restlessness: he was near death from desire

At last the wind freshened and the white sail showed Then it was that Iseult of the White Hands took her vengeance

She came to where Tristan lay, and she said: "Friend, Kaherdin is here I have seen his ship upon the sea She co that which shall heal thee, friend"

And Tristan trembled and said: "Beautiful friend, you are sure that the ship is his indeed? Then tell me what is the manner of the sail?"

"I saw it plain and well They have shaken it out and hoisted it very high, for they have little wind For its colour, why, it is black"

And Tristan turned him to the wall, and said: "I cannot keep this life of er" He said three ti it the fourth tihts and the comrades of Tristan wept out loud, and they took him from his bed and laid him on a rich cloth, and they covered his body with a shroud But at sea the wind had risen; it struck the sail fair and full and drove the ship to shore, and Iseult the Fair set foot upon the land She heard loudof bells in the minsters and the chapel towers; she asked the people theof the knell and of their tears An old rief Tristan, that was so loyal and so right, is dead He was open to the poor; heIt is the chief evil that has ever fallen on this land"

But Iseult, hearing them, could not answer the the way, and her cloak was random and wild The Bretons marvelled as she went; nor had they ever seen woman of such a beauty, and they said: "Who is she, or whence does she come?"

Near Tristan, Iseult of the White Hands crouched,over the dead man The other Iseult came in and said to her: "Lady, rise and let ht to mourn him than have you-believe me I loved him more"