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Show -257- had to stay continuously a l e r t? If anything, the rain increased even more as he ascended, and then descended*?1 the Waldo Grade beyond the Bridge? It would be i t s most intense? he guessed? as they passed Corte Madera? just before they turned off the freeway onto Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. Usually i t lessened a f t e r that? sometimes stopped altogether? but today's storm gave no indication of l e t t i n g up7 It continued a l l the way to their own h i l l , and when he pulled up before his house i t was s t i l l coming down in a torrent?5 The rocky ditch on the opposite side of the road from the house was full and the water so rapid that some of i t spilled out7 crossed the road, and ran down the ramp onto his patio? Even the stone steps before the front door were l i k e a millrace? the whole waUaaay along the front of the house? l i k e a pond? "You'd b e t t e r go down the ramp?" the Professor told his wife?5 "I don't think you can leap the water a t the bottom of the steps?5 I ' l l unlock the j^gm'l door and l e t you in?" She agreed? Neither of them had raincoats with them? The weather had been fine when they l e f t this morning? and i t had been nice for so long that they had not even thought of taking aeafcav He hurried down the steps? leaped from the bottom step across to the larger stone step before the doorway? and he was beneath the eaves and out of most of the rain? His shoes were wet? and he could feel rainwater on his hair? The a i r was cold. He opened the door quickly? wiped his shoes briefly on the rug |
