Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 40

           Therewere,however,nogypsiesaroundatthetime,notaonenearorfar;gypsieshadlastcomethroughtheareainDecember.Forlackofgypsies,peopledecidedtosuspecttheItalianmigrantworkers.Butthereweren’tanyItaliansaroundeither,itwastooearlyintheyearforthem;theywouldfirstarriveintheregioninJune,atthetimeofthejasmineharvest,soitcouldnothavebeentheItalianseither.Finallythewigmakerscameundersuspicion,andtheyweresearchedforthehairofthemurderedgirl.Tonoavail.ThenitwastheJewswhoweresuspect,thenthemonksoftheBenedictinecloister,reputedlyalecherouslot-althoughallofthemwerewelloverseventy-thentheCistercians,thentheFreemasons,thenthelunaticsfromtheCharite,thenthecharcoalburners,thenthebeggars,andlastbutnotleastthenobility,inparticularthemarquisofCabris,forhehadalreadybeenmarriedthreetimesandorganized-soitwassaid-orgiasticblackmassesinhiscellars,wherehedrankthebloodofvirginstoincreasehispotency.Ofcoursenothingdefinitecouldbeproved.Noonehadwitnessedthemurder,theclothesandhairofthedeadwomanwerenotfound.Afterseveralweeksthepolicelieutenanthaltedhisinvestigation.Inmid-JunetheItaliansarrived,manywithfamilies,tohirethemselvesoutaspickers.Thefarmersputthemtoworkasusual,but,withthemurderstillontheirminds,forbadetheirwivesanddaughterstohaveanythingtodowiththem.Youcouldn’tbetoocautious.

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