? ? ? ? At about eleven o'clock, however, a few specks of small rain upon the windows caught Catherine's watchful eye, and "Oh! dear, I do believe it will be wet," broke from her in a most desponding tone.
? ? ? ? "I thought how it would be," said Mrs. Allen.
? ? ? ? "No walk for me today," sighed Catherine; "but perhaps it may come to nothing, or it may hold up before twelve."
? ? ? ? "Perhaps it may, but then, my dear, it will be so dirty."
? ? ? ? "Oh! That will not signify; I never mind dirt."
? ? ? ? "No," replied her friend very placidly, "I know you never mind dirt."
? ? ? ? After a short pause, "It comes on faster and faster!" said Catherine, as she stood watching at a window.
? ? ? ? "So it does indeed. If it keeps raining, the streets will be very wet.
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