Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 11

           Somuchwascertain:atagethirty-five,thisbastardPelissieralreadypossessedalargerfortunethanhe,Baldini,hadfinallyaccumulatedafterthreegenerationsofconstanthardwork.AndPelissier’sgrewdaily,whilehis,Baldini’s,dailyshrank.Thatsortofthingwouldnothavebeenevenremotelypossiblebefore!Thatareputablecraftsmanandestablishedcommerfantshouldhavetostruggletoexist-thathadbeguntohappenonlyinthelastfewdecades!Andonlysincethishecticmaniafornoveltyhadbrokenoutineveryquarter,thisdesperatedesireforaction,thiscrazeofexperimentation,thisrodomontadeincommerce,intrade,andinthesciences!Orthisinsanityaboutspeed.Whatwastheneedforallthesenewroadsbeingdugupeverywhere,andthesenewbridges?Whatpurposedidtheyserve?WhatwastheadvantageofbeinginLyonwithinaweek?Whosetanystorebythat?Whomdiditprofit?OrcrossingtheAtlantic,racingtoAmericainamonth-asifpeoplehadn’tgotalongwithoutthatcontinentforthousandsofyears.WhathadcivilizedmanlostthathewaslookingforoutthereinjunglesinhabitedbyIndiansorNegroes.PeopleeventraveledtoLapland,upthereinthenorth,withitseternaliceandsavageswhogorgedthemselvesonrawfish.AndnowtheyhopedtodiscoveryetanothercontinentthatwassaidtolieintheSouthPacific,whereverthatmightbe.Andwhyallthisinsanity?Becausetheothersweredoingthesame,theSpaniards,thedamnedEnglish,theimpertinentDutch,whomyouthenhadtogooutandfight,whichyoucouldn’tintheleastafford.

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