A keen observer of English customs relates that, being in one of the rooms of the Bank one day, he had the curiosity to examine a gold ingot weighing some seven or eight pounds.

有位对英国习惯十分熟悉的观察家，甚至这样说：有一天，在英国国家银行的一个大厅里，他好奇地挨近前去，想把一块七八斤重的金块看个究竟。