Retirement
Two months after the divorce was finalised Chase married for the fourth and final time. He never sailed again. Memories of the harrowing ordeal haunted Chase. He suffered terrible headaches and nightmares. Later in his life, Chase began hiding food in the attic of his Nantucket house on Orange Street and was eventually institutionalized.
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“Douglas. Now remains a sweet reversion—
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A comfort of retirement lives in this.
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