It was an ideal spring day, a light blue sky, flecked with little flee…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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It was an ideal spring day, a light blue sky, flecked with little fleecy white clouds drifting across from west to east. The sun was shining very brightly, and yet there was an exhilarating nip in the air, which set an edge to a man's energy. ✨ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1892). Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p.290
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