"In the autumn of 1882 the rains perhaps were less short than abundant; but when the days

were fine it was impossible that anything in the way of weather could be more charming." This tells us that ______.

A．the rainfall of that autumn was scarce

B．weather during that period was utterly terrible

C．although the rains were a little more than enough, weather sometimes was the finest

D．the abundant rains flooded the region with terrible weather accompanying