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I do not think you are in any danger of starving," Maximus said. "The surgeon said only two weeks ago that you are too fat." "The devil!" Berkley said indignantly, sitting up; and Maximus snorted in amusement at having provoked him.

Naomi Novik (2009). “In His Majesty's Service: Three Novels of Temeraire (His Majesty's Service, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War)”, p.209, Del Rey
I do not think you are in any danger of starving, Maximus said. The surgeon said only two weeks ago that you are too fat. The devil! Berkley said indignantly, sitting up; and Maximus snorted in amusement at having