Captain Stobbs, here is your former flame, my dear niece, Miss grotty.
"The Fatal Boots"
William Makepeace Thackeray
He couldn't come without bringing down Elliot and Ferdinand, of course, but it was George's idea to visit, that was clear from the moment they rang the bell of the slightly grotty apartment he'd moved into in the Annex, near the students who were barely older than him but seemed to belong to a different species.
"Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town"
Cory Doctorow