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... whenever Odette told a stupid story, Swann listened to his wife with a compliance, a gaiety, almost an admiration where some remnants of sensuousness must have played a part; on the other hand, in the same conversation, whatever he would say that was refined, or even profound, was usually received by Odette without interest, quickly, impatiently and was sometimes contradicted with severity. And one might conclude that this enslavement of the elite to vulgarity was the rule in many households ..- Marcel Proust
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