Like a wise man, Dr. Alec left the young people to learn the great lesson in their own way, counseling Mac to work and Rose to wait till both were quite certain that their love was built on a surer foundation than admiration or youthful romance.
亚历克医生像一位智者,让年轻人以自己的方式学习人生的重要一课;他劝麦克努力工作,劝罗斯耐心等待,直到两人都确信,爱情的基础比欣赏或青春的浪漫更为牢固。
— Louisa May Alcott · Rose in Bloom (1876) · Mac and Rose —