It was a black flag. "Justice" was done, and the President of the Immortals, in Aeschylean
phrase, had ended his sport with Tess. And the d'Urberville knights
and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing. The two speechless
gazers bent themselves down to the earth, as if in prayer, and
remained thus a long time, absolutely motionless: the flag continued
to wave silently. As soon as they had strength, they arose, joined
hands again, and went on.