" Why, so they are, Uncle Venner, " remarked Phoebe after a pause; for she had been trying to fathom the profundity and appositeness of this concluding apothegm.

“为什么，他们就是， 纳叔叔，” 菲比停顿了下后说。 因为她直在努力揣摩句结尾格的深刻性和恰当性。

To this last apothegm poor Hepzibah responded with a sigh so deep and heavy that it almost rustled Uncle Venner quite away, like a withered leaf, —as he was, —before an autumnal gale.

对于最后句格，可怜的赫普兹声深沉而沉重的叹息回应，几乎把纳叔叔沙沙作响地吹走了，就像秋天的大风前片枯萎的叶子——就像他——。