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.
Jamás se le había visto en la Bolsa ni en el Banco, ni en ninguno de los despachos mercantiles de la City. Ni las dársenas ni los docks de Londres recibieron nunca un navío cuyo armador fuese Phileas Fogg.