The master had commanded his servants, of course, to do something - to show a profit in a due and timely fashion, but Milton wants his friend here to know that there's, of course, nothing to worry about.

主人要求他的仆人，适时的,展示出自己的利润，弥尔顿希望，他的朋友知道。

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But he invokes it to show that if one really reads it carefully enough, one can see that the lesson to be drawn has nothing whatsoever to do with the due and timely investment of one's talent.

他为了证明如果一个人足够认真的读过，他就可以看出其实这个寓言的意义与,准时和适时投资都没有关系。

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