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it is always warm and pleasant.
But I do not like this part of
the south; I've long since
concluded that I cannot
reside permanently in a
region where it doesn't rain.
I now see that we need the
rainy weather in order to fully
appreciate the clear sunny
days, and vice versa. Why: I would
rather see a howling winter's
day just now – or an "April day"
than a fortnight of this clear,
dead, dry weather, which needs
to be interspersed with rainy
days in order to be appreciated.
I don't know what sort of
spring they have in this land
but I fancy it must be
a shabby affair. Try to
imagine a spring without
warm rains dashing over the