dutchman's leg


while they're reading the Chateaubriand poem/prose in the bed early in the movie they mention a "dutchman's leg". so what is that?

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The only meaning per se that I can determine is that it was purposely meant to be an erotic enticement by Louis-Arnaud to see to see how far Paul might go in the moment.

"Thank you, thank you--you're most kind. In fact you're every kind."

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Assuming this might clear it up, the actual Chateaubriand qoute is that he felt the leg of the dutchman rubbing up agaisnt his, a much more explicitly mentioned action then the "dutchman's leg" and certainly does imply that sense of an erotic challenge posed by Louis-Arnault as to how far Paul would act

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