the clouds drivingdriveacross the sky , and he feltfeelthe cool dampness of a fine , misty rainrainon his face .
I openopenthe window , and , lookinglookout , can scarcely seeseethrough the rainrainthe grocer 's shop opposite , where a crowd of drunken Irishmen are puffingpuffLynchburg tobacco in their pipes .
As I stand here , idly tappingtapthe windowpane , and lookinglookout through the rainrainat the dirty back-yard and the coalboats below , fragments of an old story floatfloatup before me , -- a story of this house into which I happened to comecometo-day .
We had been wanderingwander, indeed , in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning ; but since dinnerdinner( Mrs. Reed , when there was no company , dined early ) the cold winter windwindhad broughtbringwith it cloudscloudso sombre , and a rainrainso penetrating , that further out-door exercise was now out of the question .