"Fog and hypocrisy - that is to say, shadow, convention, decency - these were the very things that lent to London its poetry and romance."

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Source: Ada Leverson (1907). “The Twelfth Hour”

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Ada Leverson was a British author known for her sharp wit and insightful commentary on love and society, particularly in her novel 'The Little Ottleys.'

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