The city overwhelmed our expectations. The Kiplingesque grandeur of Waterloo Station, the Eliotic despondency of the brick row in Chelsea the Dickensian nightmare of fog and sweating pavement and besmirched cornices.
这座城市超出了我们的预期。滑铁卢车站基普林式的宏伟，切尔西砖砌街道上精英阶层的沮丧，狄更斯式的雾霾噩梦，汗流浃背的人行道，脏兮兮的飞檐。