There would be no problem if the party simply retreated.
It is also true, though, that Anne has a very active mind, and she was far too curious to simply retreat.
But your intellect suggests that we might simply retreat through the boundary between realities and be dry again.
She couldn't simply retreat into the defensive detachment of her childhood.
She seemed not so much embarrassed as simply retreating into a self-containing sphere.
White can also simply retreat the knight with 5.
He did not simply retreat and leave things to work out for themselves.
If worse came to worst, her women could simply retreat back into the ducts.
If the storm got too bad, they could simply retreat further into the cave, and remain dry.
Instead she simply retreated to her room, where she spent the rest of the day alone, with the door closed.