He did his best and did it manfully, but I don't think he found that a pair of rampant boys, a pipe, or even the divine Plato, were very satisfactory substitutes for wife and child at home.
他尽最大的努力,处理得很有男子汉气概,但我想他不会满足于两个不受管束的小男孩、只烟斗,甚至那神圣的柏拉图的著作,来代替妻子、孩子和家庭。