" Not at all, monsieur. I know the value of time, if these scoundrelly assassins are to be caught and punished" .
“一点也不， 先生。我知道时间的宝贵， 如果要抓住并惩罚这些无赖的刺客” 。
艰难时世（上）
'You see, my friend, ' Mr. Bounderby put in, 'we are the kind of people who know the value of time, and you are the kind of people who don't know the value of time'.
In transport economics, the value of time is the opportunity cost of the time that a traveller spends on his/her journey. In essence, this makes it the amount that a traveller would be willing to pay in order to save time, or the amount they would accept as compensation for lost time.