" 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，们就是这样， 维纳叔叔，” 菲比停顿了下后说。 因为她直在努力揣摩这格言的深刻性和恰当性。