He never married and his last years were made wretched by anxiety over ane'er do-well nephew (who was his ward) by poverty and by increasing ill health.
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。
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The ne'er-do-wells that fuelled the mortgage crisis by overrating trillions of dollars of dodgy debt have had a relatively easy time of it recently.