They drown when the tide rises, for then it is submerged.
Of course she should have roused the children at once; not merely because of the unknown that was stalking toward them, but because it was no longer good for them to sleep on a rock grown chilly.

But she was a young mother and she did not know this; she thought you simply must stick to your rule about half an hour after the mid-day meal.

So, though fear was upon her, and she longed to hear male voices, she would not waken them.

Even when she heard the sound of muffled oars, though her heart was in her mouth, she did not waken them.

She stood over them to let them have their sleep out.