It was Francois Mitterrand who said that one of the most important attributes of a leader is indifference. By which he meant, I believe, an aloofness to the white noise that will always surround a president. Jules Maigret must agree. He is described in this mystery as a "monument of placidity," and when leaders in a Breton town demand he do something about a series of attacks, his response is to hang up the phone or walk away. Indifferent to the extraneous things, yes, but not to the main game.
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