Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 48

           Thepresidingjudgeappearedatthewindowandpromisedatrialremarkableforitsswiftandimplacablejustice.Ittookseveralhours,however,forthecrowdtodisperse,andseveraldaysforthetowntoquietdowntoanyextent.TheproceedingsagainstGrenouilledidindeedmoveatanextraordinarilyrapidpace,notonlybecausetheevidencewasoverwhelming,butalsobecausetheaccusedhimselffreelyconfessedtoallthemurderschargedagainsthim.Butwhenaskedabouthismotives,hehadnoconvincinganswertogivethem.Hisrepeatedreplywasthathehadneededthegirlsandthatwaswhyhehadslainthem.Whathadheneededthemfororwhatwasthatsupposedtomean,“heneededthem”?-tothathewassilent.Theythensubjectedhimtotorture,hangedhimbyhisfeetforhours,pumpedhimfullofsevenpintsofwater,putclampsonhisfeet-withouttheleastsuccess.Themanseemedimmunetophysicalpain,didnotutterasound,andwhenquestionedagainrepliedwithnothingmorethan:“Ineededthem.”Thejudgesconsideredhiminsane.Theydiscontinuedthetortureanddecidedtobringthecasetoanendwithoutfurtherinterrogation.TheonlydelaythatoccurredafterthatwasalegalsquabblewiththemagistrateofDraguignan,inwhosejurisdictionLaNapoulewaslocated,andwiththeparliamentinAix,bothofwhomwantedtotakeoverthetrialthemselves.ButthejudgesofGrassewouldnotletthematterbewrestedfromthemnow.

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