but she heard the geese and ducks quacking and splashing on the far side of the lake , and then just the water lapping against the shore and it was really calm and peaceful and then she must have fallen asleep because she sort of remembered mr nicholls carrying her upstairs and mum tucking her in and telling her she loved her , but what she mostly remembered about that whole evening was that nobody talked about the olympiad and she was just really , really glad .