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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20070627
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Claude Monet to his wife, Alice, on Friday, 8 February 1901, while staying at the Savoy Hotel in London.
"Today the sun did not show itself and that really bothered me, the fog was very thick the whole day, even though I remained conscientiously on the look out, having my lunch brought up to me for fear that a break in the weather might occur while I was in the restaurant, but in spite of everything the day was not much good, even this evening at the hospital you could not see much - in fact, it is to be expected because that's the climate.
"What is so stupid is that it is always fine ...
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