"Aye!" Anne said quickly, seeing her chance to further show her friend's qualities. "Ellie's a real skilled fishlass. Better than me and most lasses with knots and tangles." In other words: she'd make an excellent fisherman's wife in a few years. Her own words, although exaggerated, convinced even Anne. She gave her friend a look of admiration. She couldn't imagine Pat would be able to resist a girl who had such a sweet face, earned her family an additional income, and had so much skill.

"Pat, ye can pull, and then Ellie can deal with t' tangles and I can coil." It gave Ellie the harder work, but it also placed her closer to Pat. Anne could already see them falling in love before her eyes as they spoke. Oh! How happy she'd be for them. And she had been responsible for it!