Poor Eleseus, all set on end and frittered away. Better, maybe, if he'd worked on the land all the time, but now he's a man that has learned to write and use letters; no grip in him, no depth.
可怜 Eleseus 焦头烂额,挥霍无度。如果他直在这片土地上工,也许会更好,但现在他已经学会了书写和使用字母;他没有把握,没有深度。