"Well they..." How did she explain a wave breaking. Especially while most of her attention was taken up by the three boats. "It just means they tumble like most do, and that's dangerous when the waves are as high as they are now." She did not take her eyes off the boats. "We... we shouldn't distract them." Mostly she did not want to distract herself, as if watching the boats was what kept them save and the moment she took her eyes off of them or did not focus all of her attention on wishing them safely in the harbour, they would perish.

Luckily, just then, the men in the boats suddenly began to row and they made it past the bar on a surge of water. Anne breathed an audible sigh of relief. Then she turned to Mable and smiled. "It will be easier now. Oh!" Her eyes landed on the basket Mable was carrying for her. "I should meet them by the quay, but I should first bring that basket home. Will ye join me? Me 'ome ain't much to look at, I warn ye."