Lucy, for the third time, said that poor Charlotte would be sopped. The Arno was rising in flood, washing away the traces of the little carts upon the foreshore.
If it's raining and you have an umbrella that is used to protect you from the rain, it's a no-brainer that you take the umbrella with you so that you don't get wet.
Here is how it might sound: And I forgot to bring my umbrella again so, of course, I got soaked on my way home. It always seems to rain when I have no umbrella!