The doctor no longer practiced, had retired, the landlord believed, but he took a few private patients here the good fellow tapped his forehead knowingly "balmy ones! 
The landlord thought that the doctor no longer was in practice.
The doctor had come out of retirement and was still practicing, the landlord knew for certain.
The woman is sitting in the swing.
People lounge on a sunny beach.
He was a strong warrior.
There are no close references - or any references at all.
Not at all like anything else.
Man licks his plate and fork clean at the end of a meal.