一个没有望远镜的天文学家。
    “毕竟，”塞纳先生说，“什么是婚姻？”
    “啊！”菲利斯叹了口气。她知道，她的父亲已成为拥有一个短语，他急于扑在她来看看它是如何了它。他是在古玩鉴赏家的一间小屋的词组。
    “婚姻是指所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子，”他说。
    “啊！”菲莉丝再次叹了口气。她想知道，如果她的父亲真的认为她将在她的悲痛安慰的一句话。她不想知道婚姻可能被定义。她知道，所有的定义是无限期的。她知道，在结婚的情况下一切都取决于定义者和场合而定。
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    AN ASTRONOMER WITHOUT A TELESCOPE.
    "After all," said Mr. Ayrton, "what is marriage?"
    "Ah!" sighed Phyllis. She knew that her father had become possessed of a phrase, and that he was anxious to flutter it before her to see how it went. He was a connoisseur in the bric-a-brac of phrases.
    "Marriage means all your eggs in one basket," said he.
    "Ah!" sighed Phyllis once more. She wondered if her father really thought that she would be comforted in her great grief by a phrase. She did not want to know how marriage might be defined. She knew that all definitions are indefinite. She knew that in the case of marriage everything depends upon the definer and the occasion.