Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 5

           Forappearances’sake,shewaitedanadditionalweek,andwhenthemoneyowedherstillhadnotappeared,shetooktheladbythehandandwalkedwithhimintothecity.ShewasacquaintedwithatannernamedGrimal-,wholivedneartheriverintheruedelaMortellerieandhadanotoriousneedforyounglaborers-notforregularapprenticesandjourneymen,butforcheapcoolies.Therewerecertainjobsinthetrade—scrapingthemeatoffrottinghides,mixingthepoisonoustanningfluidsanddyes,producingthecausticlyes-soperilous,that,ifpossible,aresponsibletanningmasterdidnotwastehisskilledworkersonthem,butinsteadusedunemployedriffraff,tramps,or,indeed,straychildren,aboutwhomtherewouldbenoinquiryindubioussituations.MadameGaillardknewofcoursethatbyal!normalstandardsGrenouillewouldhavenochanceofsurvivalinGrimal’stannery.Butshewasnotawomanwhobotheredherselfaboutsuchthings.Shehad,afterall,doneherduty.Hercustodianshipwasended.Whathappenedtoherwardfromhereonwasnotheraffair.Ifhemadeitthrough,wellandgood.Ifhedied,thatwaswellandgoodtoo-themainthingwasthatitallbedonelegally.AndsoshehadMonsieurGrimalprovideherwithawrittenreceiptfortheboyshewashandingovertohim,gavehiminreturnareceiptforherbrokeragefeeoffifteenfrancs,andsetoutagainforhomeintheruedeCharonne.Shefeltnottheslightesttwingeofconscience.

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