Chapter 20

           HECAMEDOWNwithahighfever,whichforthefirstfewdayswasaccompaniedbyheavysweats,butwhichlater,asiftheporesofhisskinwerenolongerenough,producedcountlesspustules.Grenouille’sbodywasstrewnwithreddishblisters.Manyofthempoppedopen,releasingtheirwaterycontents,onlytofillupagain.Othersgrewintotrueboils,swellingupthickandredandtheneruptinglikecraters,spewingviscouspusandbloodstreakedwithyellow.Intime,withhishundredsofulcerouswounds,Grenouillelookedlikesomemartyrstonedfromtheinsideout.Naturally,Baldiniwasworried.Itwouldhavebeenveryunpleasantforhimtolosehispreciousapprenticejustatthemomentwhenhewasplanningtoexpandhisbusinessbeyondthebordersofthecapitalandoutacrossthewholecountry.Forincreasingly,ordersforthoseinnovativescentsthatPariswassocrazyaboutwereindeedcomingnotonlyfromtheprovincesbutalsofromforeigncourts.AndBaldiniwasplayingwiththeideaoftakingcareoftheseordersbyopeningabranchintheFaubourgSaint-Antoine,virtuallyasmallfactory,wherethefastest-movingscentscouldbemixedinquantityandbottledinquantityinsmartlittleflacons,packedbysmartlittlegirls,andsentofftoHolland,England,andGreaterGermany.

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