““Do you know what this is?
“The floor, Miss?”
“Dust! I read about it—tiny particles of matter.””

—  Adam Roberts , book Jack Glass: The Story of a Murderer

Part 2, Chapter 7, “The Investigation Begins” (p. 163).
Jack Glass (2012)

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