Lottie scoffed "I'll not have ye say sorry to that man! - wait. That's a great idea!" Lottie's expression changed in a flash as she rediscovered the courage of the much, much younger and more rebellious Charlotte 'Lottie' Clarke. The young fisher lass from the Cragg who needed to be practically tied to a chair to help with domestic chores.

"If you go in yer Sunday best, ye'll look more sincere. Then ye can slip Anne a note? Yer grandfather said in the navy when our sailors didn't want the enemy to learn what we were planning, they used secret codes in flags. We can give Anne a code she can use to come and see us. What kind of a code can we tell her?"