Part 4

"For the first time in 497 days, they were on land. Solid, unsinkable, immovable, blessed land."

The setting (time, place, and environment in which action takes place) ever since they had left England had been on the water. Therefore, the crew was at the mercy of the wind and current. Now, finally, after countless days of drifting and worrisome nights, they were finally safe. No one can put their feelings into words. The entire mood (emotional atmosphere of a work) of the crew was lifted. The crew was genuinely happy for the first time in a long time. Many of the crew had thought that their friends, the crew on the other boats, had been lost forever. Seeing the othr boats and their crew is like seeing an old friend raised from the dead.