He was never seen on 'Change, nor at the Bank, nor in the counting-rooms of the "City"; no ships ever came into London docks of which he was the owner; he had no public employment; he had never been entered at any of the Inns of Court, either at the Temple, or Lincoln's Inn, or Gray's Inn; nor had his voice ever resounded in the Court of Chancery, or in the Exchequer, or the Queen's Bench, or the Ecclesiastical Courts.
Soha nem látták sem a tőzsdén, sem az Angol Bankban, sem a City más kifizetőhelyén. London dokkjaiba és kikötőibe sosem futott be hajó, melynek gazdája ő lett volna.