Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 50

           ThepeopleofGrasseawokewithaterriblehangover.Eventhosewhohadnotdrunkhadheadsheavyasleadandwerewretchedlysicktotheirstomachsandwretchedlysickatheart.Outontheparadegrounds,bybrightsunlight,simplepeasantssearchedfortheclothestheyhadflungoffintheexcessesoftheirorgy;respectablewomensearchedfortheirhusbandsandchildren;totalstrangersunwoundthemselvesinhorrorfromintimateembraces;acquaintances,neighbors,spousesweresuddenlystandingoppositeeachotherpainfullyembarrassedbytheirpublicnakedness.Formanyofthemtheexperiencewassoghastly,socompletelyinexplicableandincompatiblewiththeirgenuinemoralpreceptsthattheyhadliterallyeraseditfromtheirmemoriesthemomentithappenedandasaresulttrulycouldnotrecallanyofitlater.Others,whowerenotinsuchsovereigncontroloftheirfacultiesofperception,triedtoshuttheireyes,theirears,theirmindstoit-whichwasnotallthateasy,fortheshameofitwastooobviousandtoouniversal.Assoonassomeonehadfoundhiseffectsandhiskin,hebeatashastyandinconspicuousaretreataspossible.Bynoonthegroundswereasgoodassweptclean.Thetownspeopledidnotemergefromtheirhousesuntilevening,ifatall,topursuetheirmostpressingerrands.Theirgreetingswhentheymetwereofthemostcursorysort;theymadenothingbutsmalltalk.Notawordwassaidabouttheeventsofthemorningandthepreviousnight.Theywereasmodestnowastheyhadbeenuninhibitedandbrashyesterday.Andtheywerealllikethat,fortheywereallguilty.

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