“Oh, dear no, miss," he said. "This is a London particular." I had never heard of such a thing. "A fog, miss," said the young gentleman. "Oh, indeed!”

—  Charles Dickens, book Bleak House

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Source: Bleak House (1852-1853), Ch. 3

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