1.   A light rain was falling.

2.   A steady gray rain was falling.

3.   But rain has fallen here, too, in that arbitrary way which makes life so unpredictable.

4.   Enough rain had fallen to flood the grounds.

5.   For others the clouds might gather and the rains fall, but never for Maurice and those around him.

6.   It is evening, a steady cold rain is falling outside and gusts of wind rattle the shutters.

7.   Rain falls through the shell of the echoing house.

8.   Rain fell continuously and turned the winding dirt road into a river of slippery mud.

9.   Rain fell steadily for an hour, accompanied by thunder and lightning.

10.   Rain fell, and the temperature went down to ten degrees Celsius.