Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 8

           Hewasfinallyrescuedbyadesperateconvictionthatthescentwascomingfromtheotherbankoftheriver,fromsomewheretothesoutheast.HemovedawayfromthewallofthePaviliondeFlore,divedintothecrowd,andmadehiswayacrossthebridge.Everyfewstrideshewouldstopandstandontiptoeinordertotakeasnifffromabovepeople’sheads,atfirstsmellingnothingforpureexcitement;thenfinallytherewassomething,hesmelledthescent,strongerthanbefore,knewthathewasontherighttrack,divedinagain,burrowedthroughthethrongofgapersandpyrotechniciansunremittinglysettingtorchtotheirrocketfuses,lostthescentintheacridsmokeofthepowder,panicked,shovedandjostledhiswaythroughandburrowedonward,andaftercountlessminutesreachedthefarbank,theHoteldeMailly,theQuaiMalaquest,theentrancetotheruedeSeine,…Herehestopped,gatheringhisforces,andsmelled.Hehadit.Hehadholdofittight.TheodorcamerollingdowntheruedeSeinelikearibbon,unmistakablyclear,andyetasbeforeverydelicateandveryfine.Grenouillefelthisheartpounding,andheknewthatitwasnottheexertionofrunningthathadsetitpounding,butratherhisexcitedhelplessnessinthepresenceofthisscent.Hetriedtorecallsomethingcomparable,buthadtodiscardallcomparisons.

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