But for all who saw them through a less mythical medium, the Miss Irwines were quite superfluous existences—inartistic figures crowding the canvas of life without adequate effect.

对于所有通过不那么神秘的媒介来看待她们的来说，欧文小姐是相当多余的存在——非艺术的物生活的画布，没有足够的效果。