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.

最后一句格言，可怜的赫普兹巴以一声深沉而沉重的叹息回应，几乎把维纳叔叔作响地吹走了，像秋天的大风前一片枯萎的叶子——像他一样——。

" 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，他们样， 维纳叔叔，” 菲比停顿了一下后说。 因为她一直在努力揣摩句结尾格言的深刻性和恰当性。