What had her cousin been doing all day that she was so unperturbed and not even aware where her family was?

"Yer mam is at our place. We stopped gatherin' bait when we realized there's a storm comin'. Don't know where the bairns went off to. Shall we go see if we can 'elp our mams?" She was eager to make her father and brothers as comfortable as possible when they returned. It would probably be midnight and they'd be soaked and exhausted. She didn't want them to fall ill.