![]() In September 1638 a newcomer entered the town of Leiden, in the province of Holland. And there is the wind, a constant presence, like an insistent hand on the back, inviting or pushing the inhabitants: move, make sail, go. ![]() Suddenly the sun comes on pure and full, shocking the painted-and-varnished shutters on brick facades, threatening to pierce the green murk of the canal surface, bringing ordinary humans close to bursting out in mad spontaneous song. Broad bands of blue sky appear, and the world becomes bathed in smoky light. North Sea rains angle down out of charcoal-bottomed clouds. September is a vigorous month in Holland.
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