Even when he was nationally famous in the 1850s he resembled a clerk in a third-rate brokerage house, with slips of paper—marked-up proofs perhaps—hanging out of his pockets or stuck in his hat.

即使他在 1850 年代举世闻名， 他也像三流经纪行的职员，口袋里挂着纸条——也许是标记过的证明——或者卡在帽子里。