As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill. 
As much mud in the streets as if the waters had only just retired from the face of the earth, and it would not be extraordinary to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill. 