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Her ignoble side was too greatly in the ascendency however to make her distaste for Leslie Cairns and her tyranny more than momentary . `` The Sans have certainly had one beautiful day for their picnic , but if they do n't put in an appearance pretty soon they will be caught in a rain . '' Seated beside Marjorie and Lucy Warner in the big porch swing , Jerry squinted at the rapidly clouding sky . While the day had been warm and moderately sunny , dark clouds had been looming up here and there in the sky since four o'clock . Scattered at first , they had gradually banked solidly in the west , obscuring the sunset and promising rain before nightfall . `` What time is it , Jeremiah ? '' asked Lucy .