Is this a fit time, said my father to himself, to talk of Pensions and Grenadiers?

Is this a fit time, said my father to himself, to talk of Pensions and Grenadiers?

“现在谈养老金和掷弹兵合适吗?”父亲自言自语地说。

-- Laurence Sterne 劳伦斯·斯特恩