Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 5

           Forinstance,thewhitedrinkthatMadameGaillardservedherwardseachday,whyshoulditbedesignateduniformlyasmilk,whentoGrenouilie’ssensesitsmelledandtastedcompletelydifferenteverymorningdependingonhowwarmitwas,whichcowithadcomefrom,whatthatcowhadbeeneating,howmuchcreamhadbeenleftinitandsoon…Orwhyshouldsmokepossessonlythename“smoke,”whenfromminutetominute,secondtosecond,theamalgamofhundredsofodorsmixediridescentlyintoevernewandchangingunitiesasthesmokerosefromthefire…orwhyshouldearth,landscape,air-eachfilledateverystepandeverybreathwithyetanotherodorandthusanimatedwithanotheridentity-stillbedesignatedbyjustthosethreecoarsewords.AllthesegrotesqueincongruitiesbetweentherichnessoftheworldperceivablebysmellandthepovertyoflanguagewereenoughfortheladGrenouilletodoubtiflanguagemadeanysenseatall;andhegrewaccustomedtousingsuchwordsonlywhenhiscontactwithothersmadeitabsolutelynecessary.Atagesixhehadcompletelygraspedhissurroundingsolfactorily.TherewasnotanobjectinMadameGaillard’shouse,noplacealongthenorthernreachesoftheruedeCharonne,noperson,nostone,tree,bush,orpicketfence,nospotbeiteversosmall,thathedidnotknowbysmell,couldnotrecognizeagainbyholdingitsuniquenessfirmlyinhismemory.

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