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his lady in the white bath-robe which she calls a peignoirIs, for the time being, the mistress of my friend,And the delicate white feet of her little white dogAre not more delicate than she is,Nor would Gautier himself have despised their contrasts in whitenessAs she sits in the great chairBetween the two indolent candles.
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