Chapter 25

           HESPENTTHEnextfewdayssettlinginonthemountain-forhehadmadeuphismindthathewouldnotbeleavingthisblessedregionallthatsoon.Firsthesniffedaroundforwaterandinacrevassealittlebelowthetopfounditrunningacrosstherockinathinfilm.Itwasnotmuch,butifhepatientlylickedatitforanhour,hecouldquenchhisdailyneedforliquids.Healsofoundnourishmentintheformofsmallsalamandersandringsnakes;hepinchedofftheirheads,thendevouredthemwhole.Healsoatedrylichenandgrassandmossberries.Suchadiet,althoughtotallyunacceptablebybourgeoisstandards,didnotdisgusthimintheleast.Inthepastweeksandmonthshehadnolongerfedhimselfwithfoodprocessedbyhumanhands-bread,sausage,cheese-butinstead,wheneverhefelthungry,hadwolfeddownanythingvaguelyediblethathadcrossedhispath.Hewasanythingbutagourmet.Hehadnouseforsensualgratification,unlessthatgratificationconsistedofpure,incorporealodors.Hehadnouseforcreaturecomfortseitherandwouldhavebeenquitecontenttosetupcamponbarestone.Buthefoundsomethingbetter.Nearhiswateringspothediscoveredanaturaltunnelleadingbackintothemountainbymanytwistsandturns,untilafterahundredfeetorsoitcametoanendinarockslide.ThebackofthetunnelwassonarrowthatGrenouille’sshoulderstouchedtherockandsolowthathecouldwalkonlyhuncheddown.Buthecouldsit,andifhecurledup,couldevenliedown.Thatcompletelysatisfiedhisrequirementsforcomfort.

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