Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 22

           Thatnightinbed,justbeforefallingasleep,hehadabrilliantidea:inlightofthehostilitiesabouttobreakoutoverthecoloniesintheNewWorld,hewouldlaunchaperfumeunderthenameofPrestigeduQuebec,aheroic,resinousscent,whosesuccess-thismuchwascertain-wouldmorethanrepayhimforthelossofbusinesswithEngland.Withthatsweetthoughtinhissillyoldhead,relievedandbeddednowonitspillow,beneathwhichthepressureofthelittlebookofformulaswaspleasantlypalpable,MaitreBaldinifellasleepandawokenomoreinthislife.Forthatnightaminorcatastropheoccurred,which,withappropriatedelays,resultedinaroyaldecreerequiringthatlittlebylittleallthebuildingsonallthebridgesofParisbetorndown.Forwithnoapparentreason,thewestsideofthePont-au-Change,betweenthethirdandfourthpiers,collapsed.Twobuildingswerehurtledintotheriver,socompletelyandsuddenlythatnoneoftheiroccupantscouldberescued.Fortunately,itwasamatterofonlytwopersons,towit:GiuseppeBaldiniandhiswife,Teresa.Theservantshadgoneout,eitherwithorwithoutpermission.Chenier,whofirstreturnedhomeinthesmallhoursslightlydrunk-orrather,intendedtoreturnhome,sincetherewasnohomeleft-sufferedanervousbreakdown.HehadsacrificedthirtylongyearsofhislifeinhopesofbeingnamedheirinBaldini’swill,fortheoldmanhadneitherchildrennorrelatives

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