" 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，他们就是这样， 维纳叔叔，” 菲比停顿了一下后说。 因为她一直在努力揣摩这句性和恰当性。

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.

对于这最后一句，可怜赫普兹巴以一声沉而沉重叹息回应，几乎把维纳叔叔沙沙作响地吹走了，就像秋天大风前一片枯萎叶子——就像他一样——。