Long TextExercise 3 of 81

It was emphatically "a dirty night." The barometer had been falling for two days; the dawn had been red and threatening, with a strong breeze from the south-east; and as the dreary November day waned, the breeze steadily increased in strength until by nightfall it had become a regular "November gale," with frequent…

• Which word is closest in meaning to "impelled" in paragraph 1
• What did the hostess mean when she spoke about the people out in the bad weather?