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It was night and I could see a large and calm lake, reflecting the moon. Black mountains rose around it. I arrived from between two of these mountains, I looked at the lake and the moon, and that was it, nothing else happened.
Georges Simenon
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Georges Simenon
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: February 13
Died: 1989
Died: September 4
Journalist
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Georges Joseph Christian Simenon
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