Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 30

           UpontheirarrivalinMontpellier,hehadGrenouilletakenatoncetothecellarofhismansion,andsentoutinvitationstoallthemembersofthemedicalfaculty,thebotanicalassociation,theagriculturalschool,thechemophysicalclub,theFreemasonlodge,andtheotherassortedlearnedsocieties,ofwhichthecityhadnofewerthanadozen.Andseveraldayslater-exactlyoneweekafterhehadlefthismountainsolitude-GrenouillefoundhimselfonadaisinthegreathalloftheUniversityofMontpellierandwaspresentedasthescientificsensationoftheyeartoacrowdofseveralhundredpeople.Inhislecture,Taillade-Espinassedescribedhimaslivingproofforthevalidityofhistheoryofearth’sfluidumletale.WhilehestrippedGrenouilleofhisragspiecebypiece,heexplainedthedevastatingeffectthatthecorruptivegashadperpetratedonGre-nouille’sbody:onecouldseethepustulesandscarscausedbythecorrosivegas;thereonhisbreastagiant,shiny-redgascancer;ageneraldisintegrationoftheskin;andevenclearevidenceoffluidaldeformationofthebonestructure,thevisibleindicationsbeingaclubfootandahunchback.Theinternalorgansaswellhadbeendamagedbythegas-pancreas,liver,lungs,gallbladder,andintestinaltract-astheanalysisofastoolsample(accessibletothepublicinabasinatthefeetoftheexhibit)hadprovedbeyonddoubt.

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