it was dark , for the boat was covered , and she lay in the very bottom where it curved down toward the center , and it rocked her peacefully back and forth from side to side and she would sleep and then she would smell the water that leaked into the boat and she would be afraid , but then not afraid , as the water rose to her feet and the side that she lay on , and it was warm and soon she would be covered in a blanket of warm water , rocking and sleeping .