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Chapter 30

           Buthekeptstrictlytotheinstructionsthemarquishadgivenhimbeforehandandansweredallsuchquestionswithnothingmorethanastraineddeathrattle,makinghelplessgestureswithhishandstohislarynx,asiftoindicatethattoowasalreadyrottedawaybythefluidumletaleTaillade.Attheendofthedemonstration,Taillade-Espinassepackedhimbackupandtransportedhimhometothestorageroomofhismanor.There,inthepresenceofseveralselecteddoctorsfromthemedicalfaculty,helockedGrenouilleinhisvitalventilationmachine,aboxmadeoftightlyjointedpineboards,whichbymeansofasuctionflueextendingfarabovethehouseroofcouldbefloodedwithairextractedfromthehigherregions,andthusfreeoflethalgas.Theaircouldthenescapethroughaleatherflap-valveplacedinthefloor.Theapparatuswaskeptinoperationbyastaffofservantswhotendeditdayandnight,sothattheventilatorsinsidetheflueneverstoppedpumping.Andso,surroundedbytheconstantpurifyingstreamofair,Grenouillewasfedadietoffoodsfromearth-removedregions-dovebouillon,larkpie,ragoutofwildduck,preservesoffruitpickedfromtrees,breadmadefromaspecialwheatgrownathighaltitudes,winefromthePyrenees,chamoismilk,andfrozenfrothymeringuefromhenskeptintheatticofthemansion-allofwhichwaspresentedathourlyintervalsthroughthedoorofadouble-walledairlockbuiltintothesideofthechamber.Thiscombinedtreatmentofdecontaminationandrevitalizationlastedforfivedays.

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