Chapter 95The morning brought a very sober-looking morning, the sun made little effort to appear, and Catherine prophesied from it everything that pleased her best. A bright morning so early in the year, she admitted, would generally turn into rain, but a cloudy morning predicted improvement throughout the day. She asked Mr. All to confirm their hopes, but Mr. All those who did not have their own sky and barometer with them refused to give an absolute promise of sunshine. She applied to Mrs. Allen, and Mrs. Allen's opinion was more positive. "She had no doubt that it would be a very beautiful day if only the clouds would dissolve and the sun would stay out."
Around eleven o'clock, however, a few small raindrops on the windows aroused Catherine's watchful eye, and "Oh! Dear, I think it wil
