He therefore started to follow it.

He could scarcely walk against the wind; it blew with such increasing fury.

Charlie shivered away from its fierce breath and snuggled his tiny body more warmly under his protector's arm, withdrawing himself entirely from view.

And now with a sudden hissing whirl, down came the rain.

The two opposing forces of cloud met with a sudden rush, and emptied their pent-up torrents on the earth, while a low muttering noise, not of the wind, betokened thunder.