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—You know that he is not at all well, said the waiter, seeing Prometheus a few days later.
—Who?
—Damocles—Oh! very bad:—it was coming out after your lecture that he was taken ill....
—But what is the matter?
—The doctors hesitate;—it is a very unusual illness ... a shrinkage of the spine....
—The spine?
—Yes, the spine.—At least, unless a miracle happens he must get worse. He is very low, I assure you, and you should go and see him.
—You go very often yourself?