Then " Unicorn " parted company with the rest of the squadron and after a chase of 13 hours captured the Dutch brig " Komeet " ( or " Comet " ), which was under the command of Captain-Lieutenant Mynheer Claris . " Comet " was only four years old, in excellent condition, and armed with 18 English 9-pounder guns.
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He summered in his large house on the Hiddensee, that G�nter Kunert called a " do-it-yourself Olympia . " Thomas Mann referred to this lavish lifestyle when he called him in 1922 the " King of the Republic . " Mann met Hauptmann at an Alpine resort and wrote to his brother, " I hobnob every evening with Hauptmann, who is a really good fellow . " In addition Mann adapted some of Hauptmann's traits for his character Mynheer Peeperkorn in his book The Magic Mountain.
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As to the magical number seven : Castorp spends seven years at the " Berghof ", the central Walpurgis Night scene happens after seven months, both cousins have seven letters in their last name, the dining hall has seven tables, the digits of Castorp's room number ( 34 ) add up to seven, Settembrini's name includes " seven " in Italian, Joachim keeps a thermometer in his mouth for seven minutes, and Mynheer Peeperkorn announces his suicide in a group of seven.
