“Mr. Pumblechook appeared to conduct his business by looking across the street at the saddler, who appeared to transact his business by keeping his eye on the coachmaker, who appeared to get on in life by putting his hands in his pockets and contemplating the baker, who in his turn folded his arms and stared at the grocer, who stood at his door and yawned at the chemist. The watchmaker, always poring over a little desk with a magnifying glass at his eye, and always inspected by a group of smock-frocks poring over him through the glass of his shop-window, seemed to be about the only person in the High Street whose trade engaged his attention.”
潘波趣先生做买卖的不二法门就是望着大街对面的马鞍匠出神，而马鞍匠的经营之道却是目不转睛地瞅着马车匠，马车匠打发光阴的办法则是双手插在衣袋里，默默端详面包师傅，面包师傅的本分是操起双手，对着杂货商发呆，杂货商则站在门口朝着药剂师打哈欠。在大街上，专心致志于自己行业的人似乎只有那个钟表匠：尽管时时刻刻都有成群结队的农民打扮的人透过他的玻璃橱窗来窥视他，他却始终戴着一个放大镜，伏在一张小桌子上，全神贯注地盯着手里的机件。
