Silent, only for a moment. As the sails rose to the wind, and the ship began to
move, there broke from all the boats three resounding cheers, which those on
board took up, and echoed back, and which were echoed and re-echoed. My heart
burst out when I heard the sound, and beheld the waving of the hats and
handkerchiefs - and then I saw her!
Then I saw her, at her uncle's side, and trembling on his shoulder. He pointed
to us with an eager hand; and she saw us, and waved her last good-bye to me.
Aye, Emily, beautiful and drooping, cling to him with the utmost trust of thy
bruised heart; for he has clung to thee, with all the might of his great love!
Surrounded by the rosy light, and standing high upon the deck, apart together,
she clinging to him, and he holding her, they solemnly passed away. The night
had fallen on the Kentish hills when we were rowed ashore - and fallen darkly
upon me.
