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The rain had come in a vigorous downpour, washing away the mantle of / dust that had so long lain over the city. The storm finally settled / down to a steady pelting of heavy drops, lightened occasionally to mild, / drizzling showers, only to be resumed with greater violence toward / night. Every one was glad for the flushing the town received. There / was a novelty and excitement about the rain, a relief after the parched, / monotonous months of cloudless skies. Men and women walked the streets / smiling, the women especially; for that free, fearless gaiety, the / almost abandoned good nature of San Francisco girls, was not to be / quenched.
On Thursday evening, Fancy Gray, to all appearance her old, gay self, / smiling as if she had never a care in the world, went down to Fulda's to / dine with Blanchard Cayley.