But everything on the ground was desaturated, as if muted by design, and the manner of the Dutch seemed desaturated too, in the way they cycled according to plan, and put their dogs and children onto cycles, and cycled with one hand while the other held a shopping bag or cell phone, and they still rode fast and braked on brick-paved lanes. And the women had clear skin and light hair and strong jaws.

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