It is a close night, though the damp cold is searching too, and there is a laggard mist a little way up in the air. It is a fine steaming night to turn the slaughter-houses, the unwholesome trades, the sewerage, bad water, and burial-grounds to account, and give the registrar of deaths some extra business. 
It is a close night, with a laggard mist in the air; a fine steaming night to give the registrar of deaths some extra business. 