With more divorces and remarriages, people may have multiple sets of extended family members and may not feel as connected to them as they would with a traditional family structure.
Their step-mother, however, had always been most generous to them; indeed, they were so young at the time of their father's remarriage that they always thought of her as their own mother.
There was something in Phillotson's tone now which seemed to show that his three months of remarriage with Sue had somehow not been so satisfactory as his magnanimity or amative patience had anticipated.
Phillotson 语气现在似乎表明, 他与 Sue 三个月再婚并没有像他宽宏大量或爱情耐心所预期那样令人满意。