Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 40

           WhoevercouldafforditsenthisadolescentdaughterstodistantrelativesortoboardingschoolsinNice,Aix,orMarseille.Thepolicelieutenantwasremovedfromofficeattheinsistenceofthetowncouncil.Hissuccessorhadthecollegeofmedicineexaminethebodiesoftheshornbeautiestodeterminethestateoftheirvirginity.Itwasfoundthattheyhadallremaineduntouched.Strangelyenough,thisknowledgeonlyincreasedthesenseofhorror,foreveryonehadsecretlyassumedthatthegirlshadbeenravished.Peoplehadatleastknownthemurderer’smotive.Nowtheyknewnothingatall,theyweretotallyperplexed.AndwhoeverbelievedinGodsoughtsuccorintheprayerthatatleasthisownhouseshouldbesparedthisvisitationfromhell.ThetowncouncilwasacommitteeofthirtyoftherichestandmostinfluentialcommonersandnoblesinGrasse.Themajorityofthemwereenlightenedandanticlerical,paidnottheleastattentiontothebishop,andwouldhavepreferredtoturnthecloistersandabbeysintowarehousesorfactories.Intheirdistress,theproud,powerfulmenofthetowncouncilcondescendedtowriteanabjectpetitionbeggingthebishoptocurseandexcommunicatethismonsterwhomurderedyounggirlsandyetwhomtemporalpowerscouldnotcapture,justashisillustriouspredecessorhaddoneintheyear1708,whenterriblelocustshadthreatenedtheland.

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