Chapter 15 IN THE CHAMBER OF TORTURE

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