The pleasure (quite new to him) of being liked and, still more, of liking other people, was what kept Eustace from despair.For it was very dreary being a dragon.
尤斯塔斯覺得受人喜歡（對他來說是新鮮事），更可貴的是覺得喜歡人家，這分樂趣對他是破天荒的，有了這分樂趣才讓他不感到絕望。因為變成龍是非常乏味的。