 Which didn't distract Mr. Graham from getting dinner the first time?
I didn't notice the impending rain storm and had no umbrella when I reached the sidewalk, to find myself confronted with an almost tropical downpour. After an abnormal delay, I got one which exactly missed the express at Fourteenth Street. "That's right, Danny, I just missed it," I said, and went on in. Since our building is usually very well behaved, I was astonished to hear what sounded like an incipient free-for-all, and among the angry voices I recognized that of my neighbor, Nat, a very quiet guy who works on a newspaper and has never, to my knowledge, given wild parties, particularly in the late afternoon. "Judas!" he said, and started to pick them up.
 his telephone was broken
 his wife coming home early  his telephone was broken  watching two men fight on the sidewalk  another encounter with the police officer