Chapter 44

           ATTHESAMEtimethatLaureRichisandherfatherwereleavingGrasse,GrenouillewasattheotherendoftownintheArnulfiworkshopmaceratingjonquils.Hewasaloneandhewasingoodspirits.HisdaysinGrassewerecomingtoanend.Hisdayoftriumphwasimminent.Outinhiscabinwasacratepaddedwithcotton,initweretwenty-fourtinyflaconsfilledwithdropsofthecongealedauraoftwenty-fourvirgins-preciousessencesthatGrenouillehadproducedoverthelastyearbycold-oilenfleurageoftheirbodies,digestionoftheirhairandclothes,lavage,anddistillation.Andthetwenty-fifth,themostpreciousandimportantofall,heplannedtofetchtoday.Forhisfinalfishingexpedition,hehadatthereadyasmallpotofoilspurifiedseveraltimesover,aclothoffinestlinen,andademijohnofhigh-proofalcohol.Theterrainhadbeenstudieddowntothelastdetail.Themoonwasnew.Heknewthatanyattempttobreakintothewell-protectedmansionontherueDroitewaspointless.Whichwaswhyheplanned,justasduskfellandbeforethedoorswereclosed,tosneakinunderhiscoverofodorlessness,whichlikeamagiccapedeprivedmanandbeastoftheirperceptivefaculties,andtheretohideinsomenookofthehouse.Thenlater,wheneveryonewasasleep,hewouldfollowthecompassofhisnosethroughthedarknessandclimbuptothechamberthatheldhistreasure.Hewouldsettoworkonitwithhisoil-drenchedclothsrightthenandthere.

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