She stared out of the window with her lips pinched together, and it seemed quite natural that the rain should have begun to pour down in gray slanting lines and splash and stream down the window-panes.

她抿着嘴唇凝视着窗外，似乎很自然地，雨水开始以灰色的斜线倾泻而下，溅落在窗玻璃上。