Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 23

           Forweekshemetnotasingleperson.Andhemighthavebeenabletocradlehimselfinthesoothingbeliefthathewasaloneinaworldbathedindarknessorthecoldlightofthemoon,hadhisdelicatecompassnottaughthimbetter.Humansexistedbynightaswell.Andtherewerehumansinthemostremoteregions.Theyhadonlypulledbacklikeratsintotheirlairstosleep.Theearthwasnotcleansedofthem,foreveninsleeptheyexudedtheirodor,whichthenforceditswayoutbetweenthecracksoftheirdwellingsandintotheopenair,poisoninganaturalworldonlyapparentlylefttoitsowndevices.ThemoreGrenouillehadbecomeaccustomedtopurerair,themoresensitivehewastohumanodor,whichsuddenly,quiteunexpectedly,wouldcomefloatingbyinthenight,ghastlyasthestenchofmanure,betrayingthepresenceofsomeshepherd’shutorcharcoalburner’scottageorthieves’den.Andthenhewouldfleefarther,increasinglysensitivetotheincreasinglyinfrequentsmellofhumankind.Thushisnoseledhimtoevermoreremoteregionsofthecountry,everfartherfromhumanbeings,drivinghimonevermoreinsistentlytowardthemagneticpoleofthegreatestpossiblesolitude.

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