Beadle goes into various shops and parlours, examining the inhabitants; always shutting the door first, and by exclusion, delay, and general idiocy, exasperating the public.

• 地保到一些店铺和住家去了解情况。他一进屋总是把门关上,那种排斥外人,磨磨蹭蹭和傻里傻气的态度把大家都惹得发了火。