Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 4

           Hecouldeatwaterysoupfordaysonend,hemanagedonthethinnestmilk,digestedtherottenestvegetablesandspoiledmeat.Inthecourseofhischildhoodhesurvivedthemeasles,dysentery,chickenpox,cholera,atwenty-footfallintoawell,andascaldingwithboilingwaterpouredoverhischest.True,heborescarsandchafingsandscabsfromitall,andaslightlycrippledfootlefthimwithalimp,buthelived.Hewasastoughasaresistantbacteriumandascontentasaticksittingquietlyonatreeandlivingoffatinydropofbloodplunderedyearsbefore.Herequiredaminimumrationoffoodandclothingforhisbody.Forhissoulherequirednothing.Security,attention,tenderness,love-orwhateverallthosethingsarecalledthatchildrenaresaidtorequire—weretotallydispensablefortheyoungGrenouille.Orrather,soitseemstous,hehadtotallydispensedwiththemjusttogoonliving-fromtheverystart.Thecrythatfollowedhisbirth,thecrywithwhichhehadbroughthimselftopeople’sattentionandhismothertothegallows,wasnotaninstinctivecryforsympathyandlove.Thatcry,emitteduponcarefulconsideration,onemightalmostsayuponmatureconsideration,wasthenewborn’sdecisionagainstloveandneverthelessforlife.Underthecircumstances,thelatterwaspossibleonlywithouttheformer,andhadthechilddemandedboth,itwoulddoubtlesshaveabruptlycometoagrislyend.

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