Chapter 8

           ONSEPTEMBER1,1753,theanniversaryoftheking’scoronation,thecityofParissetofffireworksatthePont-Royal.Thedisplaywasnotasspectacularasthefireworkscelebratingtheking’smarriage,orasthelegendaryfireworksinhonorofthedauphin’sbirth,butitwasimpressivenevertheless.Theyhadmountedgoldensunwheeisonthemastsoftheships.Fromthebridgeitselfso-calledfirebullsspewedshowersofburningstarsintotheriver.Andwhilefromeverysidecamethedeafeningroarofpetardsexplodingandoffirecrackersskippingacrossthecobblestones,rocketsroseintotheskyandpaintedwhiteliliesagainsttheblackfirmament.Throngingthebridgeandthequaysalongbothbanksoftheriver,acrowdofmanythousandsaccompaniedthespectaclewithah’sandoh’sandevensome“longlive”‘s-althoughthekinghadascendedhisthronemorethanthirty-eightyearsbeforeandthehighpointofhispopularitywasSongsincebehindhim.Fireworkscandothat.GrenouillestoodsilentintheshadowofthePaviliondeFlore,acrossfromthePont-Neufontherightbank.Hedidnotstirafingertoapplaud,didnotevenlookupattheascendingrockets.Hehadcomeinhopesofgettingawhiffofsomethingnew,butitsoonbecameapparentthatfireworkshadnothingtoofferinthewayofodors.Foralltheirextravagantvarietyastheyglitteredandgushedandcrashedandwhistled,theyleftbehindaverymonotonousmixtureofsmells:sulfur,oil,andsaltpeter.

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