nearly five o'clock
Outside , sombre masses of lead-coloured clouds gathered ominously in the tempestuous sky . The gale roared loudly round the old-fashioned house and the windows rattled discordantly . Rain fell in torrents . They said it meant getting wet through going home , but all the same , Thank God it was nearly five o'clock ! The Financiers That night as Easton walked home through the rain he felt very depressed . It had been a very bad summer for most people and he had not fared better than the rest . A few weeks with one firm , a few days with another , then out of a job , then on again for a month perhaps , and so on .