Unpleasant Atmosphere
When I stepped out of the tube station, it was raining heavily outside. I opened my umbrella and started walking. But something as wrong. The atmosphere was somehow very unpleasant.
Strange.....
Every single person I walked past didn't have an umbrella over them. Everyone was silent and looking grim; and they walked on, all facing the same direction.
Then suddenly a taxi stopped by, and the driver put out his hand and beckoned me to come over. I gestured to him that I didn't need a taxi but the taxi driver said "Come on, get in!"
He was so insistent that I had to give in. Besides I wanted to get away from this unpleasant atmosphere.
Later the driver, pale faced, said to me; "Well you know...when I saw you walking as if you were trying to avoid bumping into people on an EMPTY street, I thought I should help you...."