Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 40

           Foralthoughthemigrantworkerswereinfactnotresponsiblefortheactualmurder,theycouldhavebeenresponsibleforitonprinciple,andsoitwasbettertobeonone’sguard.Notlongafterthebeginningofthejasmineharvest,twomoremurdersoccurred.Againthevictimswereverylovelyyounggirls,againofthelanguid,raven-hairedsort,againtheywerefoundnakedandshornandlyinginaflowerfieldwiththebacksoftheirheadsbludgeoned.Againtherewasnotraceoftheperpetrator.Thenewsspreadlikewildfire,andtherewasathreatthathostileactionmightbetakenagainstthemigrants-whenitwaslearnedthatbothvictimswereItalians,thedaughtersofaGenoesedaylaborer.Andnowfearspreadoverthecountryside.Peoplenolongerknewagainstwhomtodirecttheirimpotentrage.Althoughtherewerestillthosewhosuspectedthelunaticsorthecrypticmarquis,noonereallybelievedthat,fortheformerwereunderguarddayandnight,andthelatterhadlongsincedepartedforParis.Sopeoplehuddledclosertogether.Thefarmersopeneduptheirbarnsforthemigrants,whountilthenhadsleptintheopenfields.Thetownsfolksetupnightlypatrolsineveryneighborhood.Thepolicelieutenantreinforcedthewatchatthegates.Butallthesemeasuresproveduseless.Afewdaysafterthedoublemurder,theyfoundthebodyofyetanothergirl,abusedinthesamemannerastheothers.ThistimeitwasaSardinianwasherwomanfromthebishop’spalace;shehadbeenstruckdownnearthegreatbasinoftheFontainedelaFoux,directlybeforethegatesofthetown.

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