Chapter 3

Tristan's faithful servant, Kurvenal, has carried his wounded master to his native home in Brittany, where he is carefully tended. Isolda has also been sent for, as being skilled above all others in the healing art. The excitement of her approach only hastens Tristan's death, and he breathes his last sigh in her arms. Mark has followed Isolda; he has had matters explained, and is prepared to reunite the lovers, but it is too late. Isolda utters her lament over the body of her lover, and her heart breaks: in death alone are they united.

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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ

TRISTAN KING MARK ISOLDA KURVENAL MELOT BRANGÆNA A SHEPHERD A STEERSMAN SAILORS, KNIGHTS, AND ESQUIRES

TRISTAN AND ISOLDA.