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| 6e4dff7 | There was an air of indifference about them, a calm produced by the gratification of every passion; and through their manners were suave, one could sense beneath them that special brutality which comes from the habit of breaking down half-hearted resistances that keep one fit and tickle one's vanity--the handling of blooded horses, the pursuit of loose women. | noblemen | Gustave Flaubert |