Therefore they laughed and joked over their bedraggled condition.

The "Red Rover" floated clear of the rushes.
"Do the best you can.

I'll get the rowboat," cried Harriet, splashing toward the shore.

Her clothes were so heavy with water that they impeded her movements.

She shoved the rowboat out, and, leaping in, rowed it out into the lake with strong sweeps of the oars.