By March, the worst of the winter would be over. The....

“ By March, the worst of the winter would be over. The snow would thaw, the rivers begin to run and the world would wake into itself again.Not that year.Winter hung in there, like an invalid refusing to die. Day after grey day the ice stayed hard; the world remained unfriendly and cold. ”

Neil Gaiman

From : Odd and the Frost Giants