However, his work on two of his own plays prevented him from getting much further, and since his prose was wordy and unsingable anyway, we gladly excused him from the task.
Hur som helst, hans arbete med två av hans egna pjäser fjärmade honom ytterligare från verket, och då hans prosa ändå var mångordig och osångbar befriade vi gladeligen honom från arbetet.