Possible Clues:

• Greeted as old Romans did
• The cockney was sick and it was very cold
• When it came down hard, one called to it
• Signalled and summoned, say a taxi
• Signalled to or summoned, say a taxi
• Came down hard enough to have been sick at last
• Came down hard enough to have made one sick at last
• Greeted like Caesar
• Came down hard by way of greeting
• Came down hard?