Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 11

           TheseDiderotsandd’AlembertsandVoltairesandRousseausorwhatevernamesthesescribblershave-thereareevenclericsamongthemandgentlemenofnoblebirth!-they’vefinallymanagedtoinfectthewholesocietywiththeirperfidiousfidgets,withtheirsheerdelightindiscontentandtheirunwillingnesstobesatisfiedwithanythinginthisworld,inshort,withtheboundlesschaosthatreignsinsidetheirownheads!Whereveryoulooked,hecticexcitement.Peoplereadingbooks,evenwomen.Priestsdawdlingincoffeehouses.Andifthepoliceintervenedandstuckoneofthechiefscoundrelsinprison,publishershowledandsubmittedpetitions,ladiesandgentlemenofthehighestrankusedtheirinfluence,andwithinacoupleofweekshewassetfreeorallowedoutofthecountry,fromwherehewentrightonwithhisunconscionablepamphleteering.Inthesalonspeoplechatteredaboutnothingbuttheorbitsofcometsandexpeditions,aboutleverageandNewton,aboutbuildingcanals,thecirculationoftheblood,andthediameteroftheearth.Thekinghimselfhadhadthemdemonstratesomesortofnewfanglednonsense,akindofartificialthunderstormtheycalledelectricity.Withthewholecourtlookingon,somefellowrubbedabottle,anditgaveoffaspark,andHisMajesty,soitwassaid,appeareddeeplyimpressed.Unthinkable!thathisgreat-grandfather,thetrulygreatLouis,underwhosebeneficentreignBaldinihadbeenluckyenoughtohavelivedformanyyears,wouldhaveallowedsucharidiculousdemonstrationinhispresence.Butthatwasthetemperofthetimes,anditwouldallcometoabadend.

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