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Chapter 49

           TherewerewomenwhowithonelookatGrenouillethrusttheirfistsintotheirlapsandsighedwithbliss;andotherswho,intheirburningdesireforthissplendidyoungman-forsoheappearedtothem-fainteddeadawaywithoutfurtherado.Thereweregentlemenwhokeptspringingupandsittingdownandleapingupagain,snortingvigorouslyandgraspingthehiltsoftheirswordsasiftodrawthem,andthenwhentheydid,eachthrustinghisbladebackinsothatitrattledandclattered;andotherswhocasttheireyesmutelytoheavenandclenchedtheirhandsinprayer;andtherewasMonsei-gneurtheBishop,who,asifhehadbeentakenill,slumpedforwardandbangedhisforeheadagainsthisknees,sendinghislittlegreenhatrolling-wheninfacthewasnotillatall,butratherforthefirsttimeinhislifebaskinginreligiousrapture,foramiraclehadoccurredbeforetheirveryeyes,theLordGodhadpersonallystayedtheexecutioner’shandbydisclosingasanangeltheverymanwhohadforalltheworldappearedamurderer.Oh,thatsuchathinghadhappened,hereintheeighteenthcentury.HowgreatwastheLord!Andhowsmallandpettywashehimself,whohadspokenhisanathema,withouthimselfbelievingit,merelytopacifythepopulace!Oh,whatpresumption!Oh,whatlackoffaith!AndnowtheLordhadperformedamiracle!Oh,whatsplendidhumiliation,whatsweetabasement,whatgracetobeabishopthuschastisedbyGod.MeanwhilethemassesontheothersideofthebarricadeweregivingthemselvesoverevermoreshamelesslytotheuncannyrushofemotionthatGrenouille’sappearancehadunleashed.

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