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As he leaned back in his revolving chair, with feet adroitly balanced against a tilted scrap basket, his air of relaxed power made Mr. Dagonet's venerable elegance seem as harmless as that of an ivory jack-straw -- and his first replies to his visitor were made with the mildness of a kindly giant.
The Custom of the Country Edith Wharton 1899
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