If Mr. Phunky had been a rich man, he would have instantly sent for his clerk to remind him; if he had been a wise one, he would have applied his forefinger to his forehead, and endeavoured to recollect, whether, in the multiplicity of his engagements, he had undertaken this one or not; but as he was neither rich nor wise (in this sense, at all events) he turned red, and bowed.
Ha Phunky úr gazdag ember lett volna, most rögtön az írnokáért küldött volna, hogy eszébe juttassa, miről is van szó; ha okos ember lett volna, hát megböki mutatóujjával a homlokát és így iparkodik visszaemlékezni, vajon a tömérdek sok ügye között vállalta-e ezt is vagy sem? De mert sem gazdag nem volt, sem okos (már legalábbis ebben az értelemben), csak elpirult és hajlongott.