Society was what he lived for, a party was the breath of his nostrils, not to be asked to one was an affront, to be alone was a mortification; and, an old man now, he was desperately afraid.

社会是他生活的目的，聚会是他鼻孔里的气息，不被要求参加是一种侮辱，独处是一种耻辱；而且，现在他已经是个老人了，他非常害怕。