Nor was this vast enterprise confined to the old Northeast where, as Madison had sagely remarked, commerce was early dominant.
——这个庞大的企业也不局限于旧东北地区,正如麦迪逊明智地指出的那样, 商业在早期占主导地位。
欧也妮·葛朗台
Consequently the Cruchots, whose policy was sagely guided by the old abbe, contented themselves for the time being with surrounding the great heiress and paying her the most affectionate attentions.