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CHAPTER XXVIIRAIN AND LACK OF RAINTHE great spate caught us at Loch Maree on ourway back from the West. There had been asudden blatter of rain just before we startedfrom Gairloch, but it had cleared up and theafternoon was dull and dry. We had no idea ofwhat we were in for as we drew on to our oldground by the stream. We even went so far asto put up the camp stable, which was to stand,a bedraggled monument among the mists, formany hours to come. We intended to camp forthe Saturday and Sunday, as we were expectingthe Journalist and his Wife to join us on theSaturday afternoon, and we spent the eveningin putting up the other tent and getting out extracamp furniture, so that the establishment wasspread out to its full extent in preparation forthe lounging outdoor life of our two days' respite.But an old seaman at Gairloch had told me thatwe would be fortunate if the weather kept up." It's a good country this, for rain," he said.Q 225