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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 comes up hardly—yet I know her; may he bring 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 mine any longer." He said three times: "Iseult, my friend." And in saying it the fourth time, he died.
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