Known for being gregarious, he chatted up his physician on the subject of alchemy as he lay dying in bed at the age of seventy.

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He circuited the double bed and closed the shutters and the window and drew the curtain, and, as he darkened the room, he unbuttoned his shirt and undid his belt and he also removed his shoes and undressed and lay down on the bed beside his ancient mother.

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Hutchinson's unconventional route to fitness included strapping water bottles to his leg and lifting it while he lay in his hospital bed to maintain his leg muscles and he also cycled extensively with a protective metal cage on the injured left leg.

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Upon arrival, the butler had asked me which night he wanted me to have him lay out an elaborate display of rose petals on our bed, fill the oversized tub, light candles and prepare the room for a romantic interlude, which I took to be a nice touch.

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