Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 6

           Yearslater,hewouldhavetodigthemupagainandretrievethesemummifiedhidecarcasses-nowtannedleather—fromtheirgrave.Whenhewasnotburyingordigginguphides,hewashaulingwater.Formonthsonend,hehauledwaterupfromtheriver,alwaysintwobuckets,hundredsofbucketfulsaday,fortanningrequiresvastquantitiesofwater,forsoaking,forboiling,fordyeing.Formonthsonend,thewaterhaulinglefthimwithoutadrystitchonhisbody;byeveninghisclothesweredrippingwetandhisskinwascoldandswollenlikeasoakedshammy.Afteroneyearofanexistencemoreanimalthanhuman,hecontractedanthrax,adiseasefearedbytannersandusuallyfatal.Grimalhadalreadywrittenhimoffandwaslookingaroundforareplacement—notwithoutregret,bytheway,forhehadneverbeforehadamoredocileandproductiveworkerthanthisGrenouille.Butcontrarytoallexpectation,Grenouillesurvivedtheillness.Allheborefromitwerescarsfromthelargeblackcarbunclesbehindhisearsandonhishandsandcheeks,leavinghimdisfiguredandevenuglierthanhehadbeenbefore.Italsolefthimimmunetoanthrax-aninvaluableadvantage-sothatnowhecouldstripthefoulesthideswithcutandbleedinghandsandstillrunnodangerofreinfection.Thissethimapartnotonlyfromtheapprenticesandjourneymen,butalsofromhisownpotentialsuccessors.Andbecausehecouldnolongerbesoeasilyreplacedasbefore,thevalueofhisworkandthusthevalueofhislifeincreased

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