" 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结尾格言的深刻性和恰当性。