Парфюмер. История одного убийцы

Chapter 11

           Hereeverythingflowedawayfromyou-theemptyandtheheavilyladenships,therowboats,andtheflat-bottomedpuntsofthefishermen,thedirtybrownandthegolden-curledwater—everythingflowedaway,slowly,broadly,andinevitably.AndifBaldinilookeddirectlybelowhim,straightdownthewall,itseemedtohimasiftheflowingwaterweresuckingthefoundationsofthebridgewithit,andhegrewdizzy.Hehadmadeamistakebuyingahouseonthebridge,andasecondwhenheselectedoneonthewesternside.Becauseconstantlybeforehiseyesnowwasariverflowingfromhim;anditwasasifhehimselfandhishouseandthewealthhehadaccumulatedovermanydecadeswereflowingawayliketheriver,whilehewastoooldandtooweaktoopposethepowerfulcurrent.Sometimeswhenhehadbusinessontheleftbank,inthequarteroftheSorbonneoraroundSaint-Sulpice,hewouldnotwalkacrosstheislandandthePont-Saint-Michel,butwouldtakethelongerwayacrossthePont-Neuf,foritwasabridgewithoutbuildings.Andthenhewouldstandattheeasternparapetandgazeuptheriver,justforoncetoseeeverythingflowingtowardhim;andforafewmomentshebaskedinthenotionthathislifehadbeenturnedaround,thathisbusinesswasprospering,hisfamilythriving,thatwomenthrewthemselvesathim,thathisownlife,insteadofdwindlingaway,wasgrowingandgrowing

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