He wrote of this darkest period in life, when he referred to his father as "the Prodigal father," in David Copperfield.

他在《大。科波菲尔》称父亲为“那挥霍的父亲”，说的就是这段他一生最黑暗的日子。

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Your father described you a rising prodigal particle of his dream. Unresisting soul in the calamity of what may seem.

你的创造者将你形容为一颗他那梦想中的，有前途的浪子之微粒。在看似是灾难的情况中，无惧的灵魂。

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Just as the father did not condemn the prodigal for his wanderings, neither did he become angry with his second son's bitterness and jealousy.

正如父亲没有谴责他流浪的浪子，他也没有成为他的第二个儿子的痛苦和嫉妒愤怒。

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