Nell laughed suddenly with an overdone hilarity.
"The water's trickling down my neck!"
Denis seconded her with, "It's running a regular cascade off my hat rim!"
Then the Atom spoke; it was the first remark she had made since they had started from Miss Kezia's house in Henley Road.
"Isn't is London?" she said.
Her father was amused.
"You know, we do see rain occasionally at home," he observed.
"There's rain and rain!" the Atom declared sapiently, and relapsed again into her dour silence.
Molly, with a sudden sob, put the fear that was in everyone's mind into words.
"It's—awfully bad—for mother!"