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It was the Fortune bringing with her news and letters from home  word from that other world  and bringing also thirty five new colonists, among them William Brewster's eldest son and Robert Cushman. IT WAS THE FORTUNE BRINGING WITH HER NEWS AND LETTERS FROM HOME WORD FROM THAT OTHER WORLD AND BRINGING ALSO THIRTY FIVE NEW COLONISTS AMONG THEM WILLIAM BREWSTER'S OLDEST SON AND ROBERT CUSHMAN
the dearest existence they had known. And then in April, the familiar vessel, whose outlines were as much a part of the seascape as the Gurnet or the bluffs of Manomet, vanished: vanished as completely as if she had never been. The water which parted under her departing keel flowed together. There was no sign on earth or sea or in the sky of that last link between the little group of colonists and their home land. They were as much alone as Enoch Arden on his desert isle. Can we imagine the emptiness, the illimitable loneliness of that bay? One small shallop down by the pier--that was the only visible connection between themselves and England! I do not believe that we can really appreciate their sense of complete severance--their sense of utter isolation. And I do not believe that we can appreciate the wild thrill of excitement, the sudden gush of freshly established connection that ran through the colony, when, seven months later--the following November--a ship sailed into the harbor. LESS THE NEAREST AND THE DEAREST EXISTENCE THEY HAD KNOWN AND THEN IN APRIL THE FAMILIAR VESSEL WHOSE OUTLINES WERE AS MUCH A PART OF THE SEA SCAPE AS THE GARNET OR THE BLUFFS OF MANOMET VANISHED VANISHED AS COMPLETELY AS IF SHE HAD NEVER BEEN THE WATER WHICH PARTED UNDER HER DEPARTING KEEL FLOWED TOGETHER THERE WAS NO SIGN ON EARTH OR SEA OR IN THE SKY OF THAT LAST LINK BETWEEN THE LITTLE GROUP OF COLONISTS AND THEIR HOMELAND THEY WERE AS MUCH ALONE AS ENOCH ARDEN ON HIS DESERT ISLE CAN WE IMAGINE THE EMPTINESS THE ILLIMITABLE LONELINESS OF THAT BAY ONE SMALL SHALLOP DOWN BY THE PIER THAT WAS THE ONLY VISIBLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND ENGLAND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE CAN REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR SENSE OF COMPLETE SEVERANCE THEIR SENSE OF UTTER ISOLATION AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE CAN APPRECIATE THE WILD THRILL OF EXCITEMENT THE SUDDEN GUSH OF FRESHLY ESTABLISHED CONNECTION THAT RAN THROUGH THE COLONY WHEN SEVEN MONTHS LATER THE FOLLOWING NOVEMBER A SHIP SAILED INTO THE HARBOR
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