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“Quoi, c'était à cette chévite créature que ses pareils et lui obéssaient depuis des siècles ? Alors qu'un temps de galop suffisait à le distancer, une morsure à le mutiler, une ruade à l'étendre mort ! Sans le cuir et le fer, qu'est-ce que l'homme ?”

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Book:Tout dort et je veille
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