Chapter 48

           ATFIRSTpeopledidnotbelievethereport.Theyassumeditwasarusebywhichtheofficialswerecoveringuptheirownincompetenceandattemptingtocalmthedangerouslyexplosivemoodofthepopulace.PeoplerememberedonlytoowellwhenthewordhadbeenthatthemurdererhaddepartedforGrenoble.Thistimefearhadsetitsjawstoofirmlyintotheirsouls.Notuntilthenextday,whentheevidencewasdisplayedonthechurchsquareinfrontoftheprovostcourt-anditwasaghastlysighttobehold,twenty-fivegarmentswithtwenty-fivecropsofhair,allmountedlikescarecrowsonpolessetupacrossthetopofthesquareoppositethecathedral-didpublicopinionchange.Hundredsofpeoplefiledbythemacabregallery.Thevictims’relativeswouldrecognizetheclothesandcollapsescreaming.Therestofthecrowd,partlybecausetheyweresensationseekers,partlybecausetheywantedtobetotallyconvinced,demandedtoseethemurderer.Thecallsoonbecamesoloud,theunrestofthechurningcrowdinthesmallsquaresomenacing,thatthepresidingjudgedecidedtohaveGrenouillebroughtupoutofhiscellandtoexhibithimatthewindowonthesecondflooroftheprovostcourt.AsGrenouilleappearedatthewindow,theroarturnedtosilence.Allatonceitwasastotallyquietasifthiswerenoononahotsummerday,wheneveryoneisoatinthefieldsorhascreptintotheshadeofhisownhome.Notafootfall,notacough,notabreathwastobeheard.Thecrowdwasalleyesandonemouthagape,forminutesonend.

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