Sentence:  ... he really wishes he had never beheld you, nor yours. You have spoiled him for a <WSD>solitaire</WSD>, and a book, all the days of his life; and put him into such a condition, that he thinks of nothing, and enquires of nothing but after a person who has nothing to say to him, and has left him for ever ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.