A very lovely spring, they seem to think.

"That would give you two hours extra, and the lovely Scandinavian spring is just about to start."

A dreary April morning became a lovely spring afternoon.

It lasted for five glorious months and ended terribly, trau-matically, one lovely spring afternoon.

Some drifted away into the lovely spring night and did not return.

On this lovely spring day, many were doing just that.

On the other hand, we have these lovely hot springs - and such beautiful scenery.

Never, Pat reflected, looking back over her long life of almost nine years, had there been such a lovely spring.

"One forgets all through the year how lovely spring really is and so it comes as a surprise every time," she said.

But on this lovely spring morning, she had carved out time for that supreme Japanese-tourist pastime: shopping.