Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 1

           Theriversstank,themarketplacesstank,thechurchesstank,itstankbeneaththebridgesandinthepalaces.Thepeasantstankasdidthepriest,theapprenticeasdidhismaster’swife,thewholeofthearistocracystank,eventhekinghimselfstank,stanklikearanklion,andthequeenlikeanoldgoat,summerandwinter.Forintheeighteenthcenturytherewasnothingtohinderbacteriabusyatdecomposition,andsotherewasnohumanactivity,eitherconstructiveordestructive,nomanifestationofgerminatingordecayinglifethatwasnotaccompaniedbystench.AndofcoursethestenchwasfoulestinParis,forPariswasthelargestcityofFrance.AndinturntherewasaspotinParisundertheswayofaparticularlyfiendishstench:betweentherueauxFersandtheruedelaFerronnerie,theCimetieredesInnocentstobeexact.ForeighthundredyearsthedeadhadbeenbroughtherefromtheHotel-Dieuandfromthesurroundingparishchurches,foreighthundredyears,dayin,dayout,corpsesbythedozenshadbeencartedhereandtossedintolongditches,stackedboneuponboneforeighthundredyearsinthetombsandcharnelhouses.Onlylater-ontheeveoftheRevolution,afterseveralofthegravepitshadcavedinandthestenchhaddriventheswollengraveyard’sneighborstomorethanmereprotestandtoactualinsurrection-wasitfinallyclosedandabandoned.MillionsofbonesandskullswereshoveledintothecatacombsofMontmartreandinitsplaceafoodmarketwaserected.Here,then,onthemostputridspotinthewholekingdom,Jean-BaptisteGrenouiliewasbornonJuly17,1738.

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