Sentence:  My <WSD>hopes</WSD> wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.