Sentence:  The man was elderly and infirm. We can understand his taking an evening stroll, but the ground was damp and the night <WSD>inclement</WSD>. Is it natural that he should stand for five or ten minutes, as Dr. Mortimer, with more practical sense than I should have given him credit for, deduced from the cigar ash? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Stormy, of rough weather