dun-blue

Updated: May 18, 2025

And it was then London began to reveal herself to him in her solidarity, under the cloud of dun-blue coal smoke it was wintertime which, at once hanging over and penetrating her immensity, adds the majesty of mystery to the majesty of mere size. He noted how, in the chill twilights, London grew strangely and feverishly alive. Lamps sprang into clearness along the pavements.

Lucas Malet - The Far Horizon