There is a quote that accurately portrays the mood when Helen discovers her husbands fate:
"Scout," said Dill, "She just fell down in the dirt. Just fell down in the dirt, like a giant with a big foot just came along and stepped on her. Just ump-" Dills fat foot hit the ground. "Like you'd step on an ant."
Helen was very upset about Toms death.
Answer:
His yacht was going to Rio.
The sentence "Moreover, it is probably just as valuable or more valuable to us now, than it was in the ancient past".
