"With a certain amount of insolence, they organised a party, a gathering of hundreds of their people, " he said.

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Only a few, the old ones, covered their insolence with glacial politeness, while the younger ones became either servile or friendly to the point of taking liberties, thinking thereby to win her favor.

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