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I started from my seat; we bowed, and, stretching out a hand to the fire, Doltaire said, "Ah, my Captain, we meet too seldom. Let me see: five months -- ah yes, nearly five months. Believe me, I have not breakfasted so heartily since. You are looking older -- older. Solitude to the active mind is not to be endured alone -- no."
"Monsieur Doltaire is the surgeon to my solitude," said I.