说起他的那个不争气的儿子，老父亲勃然大怒。

Talking of his disappointing son, the old father flew into a rage.

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他终身未娶，晚年还过得很惨，他为不争气的侄子操碎了心，经济上极不宽裕，身体一日不如一日。

He never married and his last years were made wretched by anxiety over a ne'er do-well nephew (who was his ward) by poverty and by increasing ill health.

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