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London. London-the giant metropolis of the universe-in the month of May.
London, the ever-moving, ever-extending, the smiling paradise of the rich, the pitiless wilderness of the poor, the desolate world of misfortune and disappointment of the struggling middle-class; the city of broken hopes and of sudden fortunes, the shameless, wanton city of blazing wealth, of sinful waste, and, alas! at the same time the stony-hearted city of abject suffering, of pathetic self-sacrifice, and of slow starvation. The city of sharp contrasts, where to retain life one must possess money, where men purchase titles and honours as easily as they do their dinners, where blackguards loll in the windows of the best clubs, where notorious women cover their misdeeds by their titles, and laugh behind their fans at the common world-the City of the Great Sin.