Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 49

           Themen’sgazesstumbledmadlyoverthislandscapeofstraddlingflesh;withquiveringfingerstheytuggedtopullfromtheirtrouserstheirmembersfrozenstiffbysomeinvisiblefrost;theyfelldownanywherewithagroanandcopulatedinthemostimpossiblepositionsandcombinations:grandfatherwithvirgin,odd-jobberwithlawyer’sspouse,apprenticewithnun,JesuitwithFreemason’swife—alltopsy-turvy,justasopportunitypresented.Theairwasheavywiththesweetodorofsweatinglustandfilledwithloudcries,grunts,andmoansfromtenthousandhumanbeasts.Itwasinfernal.Grenouillestoodthereandsmiled.Orrather,itseemedtothepeoplewhosawhimthathewassmiling,themostinnocent,loving,enchanting,andatthesametimemostseductivesmileintheworld.Butinfactitwasnotasmile,butanugly,cynicalsmirkthatlayuponhislips,reflectingbothhistotaltriumphandhistotalcontempt.He,Jean-BaptisteGrenouille,bornwithnoodorofhisownonthemoststinkingspotinthisworld,amidgarbage,dung,andputrefaction,raisedwithoutlove,withnowarmthofahumansoul,survivingsolelyonimpudenceandthepowerofloathing,small,hunchbacked,lame,ugly,shunned,anabominationwithinandwithout-hehadmanagedtomaketheworldadmirehim.Tohellwithadmire!Lovehim!Desirehim!Idolizehim!HehadperformedaPrometheanfeat.Hehadpersevereduntil,withinfinitecunning,hehadobtainedforhimselfthatdivinespark,somethinglaidgratisinthecradleofeveryotherhumanbeingbutwithheldfromhimalone.

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