Read the following excerpt from Hard Times, by Charles Dickens, and answer the question.
Here was one of the fluffy classes pulled up extremely short by my esteemed friend Mr. Bounderby – who, as we know, is not possessed of that delicacy which would soften so tight a hand. The member of the fluffy classes was injured, exasperated, left the house grumbling, met somebody who proposed to him to go in for some share in this Bank business, went in, put something in his pocket, which had nothing in it before and relieved his mind extremely.
What does the word "fluffy" most nearly mean in the passage?
determined
weak
hardened
absolute
