Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 38

           Disguisedbyhisfaintperfumeforinconspicuous-ness,hemingjedwiththeevening’sguestsattheQuatreDauphinsinnandstucktinyscrapsofclothdrenchedinoilandgreaseunderthebenchesandtablesandinhiddennooks.Afewdayslaterhecollectedthemandputthemtothetest.Andindeed,alongwithallsortsofkitchenodors,tobaccosmoke,andwinesmells,theyexhaledalittlehumanodor.Butitremainedveryvagueandmasked,wasmorethesuggestionofgeneralexhalationsthanapersonalodor.Asimilarmassaura,thoughpurerandmoresublimelysweaty,couldbegleanedfromthecathedral,whereonDecember24Grenouillehunghisexperimentalflagsunderthepewsandgatheredtheminagainonthetwenty-sixth,afternolessthansevenmasseshadbeensatthroughjustabovethem.Aghastlyconglomerateofodorwasreproducedontheimpregnatedswatches:analsweat,menstrualblood,moisthollowsofknees,andclenchedhands,mixedwiththeexhaledbreathofthousandsofhymn-singingandAveMaria-mumblingthroatsandtheoppressivefumesofincenseandmyrrh.Ahorribleconcentrationofnebulous,amorphous,nauseatingodors—andyetunmistakablyhuman.GrenouillegarneredhisfirstindividualodorintheHopitaldelaCharite”.Hemanagedtopilfersheetsthatweresupposedtobeburnedbecausethejourneymansackmakerwhohadlainwrappedinthemfortwomonthshadjustdiedofconsumption.Theclothwassodrenchedintheexudationsofthesackmakerthatithadabsorbedthemlikeanenfleuragepasteandcouldbedirectlysubjectedtolavage.

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