Later,he told a friend why people liked him so well.

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His nihilism leads him back to the fact of his redemption, however, which is what he would have liked so much to get away from.

他的虚无主义将他拉回救赎的现实中，然而，这却是他极想逃避的东西。

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He loved sleeping on ships; he thought that the rocking of the waves rocked him to sleep so he liked doing that.

他喜欢睡在船上,波涛的起伏能使他入眠,所以他乐此不疲

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