Read the excerpt below and answer the question. And thus ended the whole romance and ideal of life for Augustine St. Clare. But the real remained, – the real, like the flat, bare, oozy tide-mud, when the blue sparkling wave, with all its company of gliding boats and white-winged ships, its music of oars and chiming waters, has gone down, and there it lies, flat, slimy, bare, – exceedingly real. (p.130)

In the excerpt above, the words "white-winged ships" can best be understood to represent .

sorrow
loss
travel
happiness

! ! ! ANSWER IS HAPPINESS ! ! !