02-20-2022, 04:46 PM
"It's gotten pretty bad, aunt Mary," Rose answered quietly. Her aunt looked stressed and she didn't want to add to her worry, but it was also wrong to lie.
"Easy, Mary. They're on land, that's the most important thing," her mother spoke. She was cutting some onions at the table.
Alice looked up at the women for a moment, but then turned back to showing Anne how to do long division on her slate.
Rose sat down next to Lory, but she watched her mother and aunt nervously.
"Don't just sit around in yer wet clothes, girls," said Hannah, "ye both look like ye've jumped into the harbour. Rose, yer dress is dry. Lory can borrow Maggie's. But first, while yer soaking wet anyway, go fetch some water, will ye?"
"Easy, Mary. They're on land, that's the most important thing," her mother spoke. She was cutting some onions at the table.
Alice looked up at the women for a moment, but then turned back to showing Anne how to do long division on her slate.
Rose sat down next to Lory, but she watched her mother and aunt nervously.
"Don't just sit around in yer wet clothes, girls," said Hannah, "ye both look like ye've jumped into the harbour. Rose, yer dress is dry. Lory can borrow Maggie's. But first, while yer soaking wet anyway, go fetch some water, will ye?"
