In the past every money question, especially requests for money, to which as a very wealthy man he was particularly liable, had reduced him to a state of helpless agitation and perplexity.

• 原先，每一件金钱问题，特别是像他这样十分富有的人所常常遇到的那样，当有人向他乞讨金钱时，总使他感到进退两难，没有一点办法应付，心中焦急不安。