Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 36

           Aftercarefullyfilteringtheperfumedalcoholthroughgauzethatretainedtheleastlittleclumpofoil,Druotfilledasmallalembicanddistilleditslowlyoveraminimumflame.Whatremainedinthematrasswasatinyquantityofapale-huedliquidthatGrenouilleknewquitewell,buthadneversmelledinsuchqualityandpurityeitheratBaldini’sorRunel’s:thefinestoiloftheblossom,itspolishedscentconcentratedahundredtimesovertoalittlepuddleofessenceabsolue.Thisessencenolongerhadasweetfragrance.Itssmellwasalmostpainfullyintense,pungent,andacrid.Andyetonesingledrop,whendissolvedinaquartofalcohol,sufficedtorevitalizeitandresurrectawholefieldofflowers.Theyieldwasfrightfullysmall.Theliquidfromthematrassfilledthreelittleflaconsandnomore.Nothingwasleftfromthescentofhundredsofthousandsofblossomsexceptthosethreeflacons.Buttheywereworthafortune,evenhereinGrasse.AndworthhowmuchmoreoncedeliveredtoParisorLyon,toGrenoble,Genoa,orMarseille!MadameArnulfi’sglancewassuffusedwithbeautywhenshelookedatthelittlebottles,shecaressedthemwithhereyes;andwhenshepickedthemupandstopperedthemwithsnuglyfittingglassstoppers,sheheldherbreathtopreventeventheleastbitofthepreciouscontentsfrombeingblownaway.Andtomakesurethatafterstopperingnotthetiniestatomwouldevaporateandescape,shesealedthemwithwaxandencapsulatedtheminafishbladdertightlytiedaroundtheneckofthebottle

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