Chapter 45

           GRENOUILLESETtoworkwithprofessionalcircumspection.Heopenedhisknapsack,tookoutthelinen,pomade,andspatula,spreadtheclothovertheblanketonwhichhehadlain,andbegantobrushonthefattypaste.Thisjobtooktime,foritwasimportantthattheoilbeappliedinthinnerorthickerlayersdependingonwhatpartofthebodywouldenduplyingonaparticularpatchofthecloth.Themouthandarmpits,breasts,genitals,andfeetgaveoffgreateramountsofscentthan,forinstance,shins,back,andelbows;thepalmsmorethanthebacksofthehands;eyebrowsmorethaneyelids,etc.-andthereforeneededtobeprovidedwithaheavierdoseofoil.Grenouillewascreatingamodel,asitwere,transferringontothelinenascentdiagramofthebodytobetreated,andthispartofthejobwasactuallytheonethatsatisfiedhimmost,foritwasamatterofanartistictechniquethatincorporatedequallyone’sknowledge,imagination,andmanualdexterity,whileatthesametimeitanticipatedonanidealplanetheenjoymentawaitingonefromthefinalresults.Oncehehadappliedthewholepotfulofpomade,hedabbedabouthereandthere,removingabitofoilfromtheclothhere,addinganotherthere,retouching,checkingthegreasylandscapehehadmodeledonelasttime-withhisnose,bytheway,notwithhiseyes,forthewholebusinesswascarriedonintotaldarkness,whichwasperhapsyetanotherreasonforGrenouille’sequablycheerfulmood.Therewasnothingtodistracthimonthisnightofnewmoon.Theworldwasnothingbutodorandthesoftsoundofsurffromthesea.Hewasinhiselement.

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