Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 43

           Thissuspicionwouldprovecorrect,althoughthepresumptionsitwasbaseduponwerecompletelyfalse.RichiswasnotheadingforGrenobleatall.Thepompousdeparturewasnothingbutadiversionarytactic.AmileandahalfnorthwestofGrasse,nearthevillageofSaint-Vallier,heorderedahalt.HehandedhisvaletlettersofattorneyandtransmittalandorderedhimtobringthemuletrainandgroomstoGrenoblebyhimself.He,however,turnedoffwithLaureandhermaidinthedirectionofCabris,wheretheyrestedatmidday,andthenrodestraightacrossthemountainsoftheTannerontowardthesouth.Thepathwasanextremelyarduousone,butitallowedthemtocircumventGrasseanditsbasininagreatarcandtoarriveonthecoastbyeveningwithoutbeingrecognized…Thefollowingday-accordingtoRichis’splan-hewouldferryacrosswithLauretotheliesdeLerins,onthesmallerofwhichwaslocatedthewell-fortifiedmonasteryofSaint-Honorat.ItwasmanagedbyahandfulofelderlybutquiteablebodiedmonkswhomRichisknewverywell,sinceforyearshehadboughtandresoldthemonastery’stotalproductionofeucalyptuscordial,pinenuts,andcypressoil.AndthereinthemonasteryofSaint-Honorat-whichexceptfortheprisonofChateaud’lfandthestateprisonontheHeSainte-MargueritewasprobablythesafestplaceintheProvence-heintendedtolodgehisdaughterforthepresent.Buthewouldimmediatelyreturntothemainland,thistimecircumventingGrasseontheeastviaAntibesandCagnes,andarriveinVencebyeveningofthesameday.

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