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Ah, said the jailer, do not always brood over what is impossible, or you will be mad in a fortnight.

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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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Villers-Cotterets
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Fortnight
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