And when the afternoon was nearly gone, and still there was no sign of rain, we tried to cheer ourselves up with the idea that it would come down all at once, just as the people had started for home, and were out of the reach of any shelter, and that they would thus get more drenched than ever.
L’apres-midi toucha bientôt a sa fin, sans que le moindre nuage se fut montré ; et nous essayâmes de nous réconforter a l’idée que l’averse s’abattrait d’un coup, juste au moment ou les gens commenceraient de rentrer chez eux, loin de tout abri, et qu’ils n’en seraient que plus trempés.