Argenteuil (north-west Paris) Thursday 3rd August 1882
To Engels
….The weather up till now has been so far below the average for summer (French)
that the season which starts in June in Enghien is regarded as a FAIL-
URE by the établissement thermald and something ‘better’ is looked for
in August and September. Constant changes of temperature, the sky
often heavily overcast, particularly in the mornings after rain and orages (storms),’
violent winds, moisture-laden atmosphere and hence often une chaleur
lourde/ alias London’s ‘CLOSE’ STATUS. The French have been at pains
to stave off an alliance with England ; by contrast, the English
climate (I MEAN specifically the London climate) would seem to be
making itself increasingly at home here, in Paris and environs.
Such is the case this year at any rate….
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