1. Quick! We can't
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2. Hurry!
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3. Come on!
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4. Quick!
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5. Faster!
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6. Up on the balcony!
Come on! Quickly!
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7. Just read them
the sentence!
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8. The sentence of the court...
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9. is that in two days hence...
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10. the perfumer journeyman :
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille...
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11. shall be bound
to a wooden cross...
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12. with his face raised
towards heaven!
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13. And whilst still alive...
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with an iron rod...
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of his arms...
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19. He shall then be raised up
to hang until dead.
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the executioner.
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22. In 18th century France...
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and notorious personages of his time.
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Jean-Baptiste Grenouille.
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was restricted to a domain...
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29. The Story of a Murderer
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31. there reigned in the cities a stench
barely conceivable to us modern men and women.
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was foulest in Paris...
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the largest city in Europe.
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34. And nowhere in Paris was that stench
more profoundly repugnant...
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36. Here we are.
I'll get another box.
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37. It was here then,
on the most putrid spot in the whole kingdom...
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38. that Jean-Baptiste Grenouille was born...
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39. on the 17th of July, 1738.
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under her fish stand.
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or semi-stillbirths.
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43. Are you alright?
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had been shoveled away...
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into the river.
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52. - It's a newborn.
- Where's his mother?
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54. She tried to kill it, her own child.
She tried to kill a baby!
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55. There! There she is!
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56. - Stop! Stop where you are!
- Murderer!
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57. Thus, the first sound
to escape Grenouille's lips...
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58. sent his mother
to the gallows.
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59. And Jean-Baptiste,
by official order...
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60. to the orphanage
of Madame Gaillard.
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61. - How many today?
- Four, well... three and a half.
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62. - As usual, more dead than alive.
- Just take the money and sign!
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63. - Make room!
- Where?
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65. Is he dead?
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66. - That's not staying in my bed.
- Let's throw it out then.
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67. - What if it screams?
- It's just a kiddie.
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68. Harder! Push!
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71. Grenouille was a source of income
just like any other.
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72. The children, however, sensed at once
that there was something different about him.
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73. By the age of five, Jean-Baptiste
still could not talk.
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that made him unique among their kind.
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79. and him alone.
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80. When Jean-Baptiste did
finally learn to speak...
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81. he soon found
that everyday language...
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82. proved inadequate for all the olfactory experience
he's accumulating within himself.
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83. Wood.
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84. Warm wood.
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85. Grass... wet grass.
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86. Stones... warm stones.
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87. Water... cold water.
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88. Frog.
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89. Wet stones.
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90. Big wet frog stones.
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91. Something...
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92. something, something.
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93. By the age of thirteen, Madame Gaillard
no longer had room for Jean-Baptiste...
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94. and therefore decided
to sell him.
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95. Come on!
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96. Ten francs.
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97. From his first breath
of the odor enveloping this man...
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98. Seven, it's not worth so much.
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99. Grenouille knew that his life
in Grimal's tannery...
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100. would be worth precisely
as much...
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101. as the work
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102. Unfortunately for Madame Gaillard...
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103. the bargain was short-lived.
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104. Life expectancy in the tannery
was a mere five years.
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105. But Jean-Baptiste proved to be
as tough as a resilient bacterium.
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his new fate...
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of docility and diligence...
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108. slaved 15, 16 hours a day,
summer and winter.
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109. Gradually, he became aware
of a world beyond the tannery...
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110. where utopia of unexplored smells
lay in store for him.
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111. Grenouille.
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112. Come with us.
I'm taking you to town for delivery.
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113. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
had triumphed. He was alive.
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114. And at last, he was in his element.
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115. He was not choosing.
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116. He did not differentiate between
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118. At least, not yet.
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119. He was very greedy.
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120. The goal was to possess...
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121. everything the world had to offer
in the way of odors.
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122. His only condition being...
that they were new ones.
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123. Thousands upon thousands of odors
formed an invisible gruel...
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124. which he dissected into its
smallest and most remote parts of pieces.
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126. Come on!
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127. Your ass over here.
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128. - What is it called?
- "Amor and Psyche", madame.
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129. My little creation.
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130. - May I try it?
- If you allow me, mademoiselle.
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131. Sheer heaven...
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132. Monsieur Pelissier, you are
truly an artiste.
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133. What do you want?
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134. Want to buy some?
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135. Two for a sou.
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136. That's for you
running off like that.
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137. I'll kill you!
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138. That night, he could not sleep.
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139. The intoxicating power of the girls' scent
suddenly made it clear to him...
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140. why he had come to his own life
so tenaciously, so savagely.
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141. The meaning and purpose...
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142. of his miserable existence
had a higher destiny.
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143. He would learn
how to preserve scent...
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144. so that never again would he lose
such sublime beauty.
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145. There were about a dozen perfumers
in Paris in those days.
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146. One of them, the one celebrated
Italian perfumer, Giuseppe Baldini,
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147. had set up shop
in the center of the bridge,
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148. called "the Pont au Change" on his arrival
in Paris over thirty years ago.
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149. To be sure,
at one time in his youth,
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150. Baldini had created several truly great perfumes
to which he owed his fortune.
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151. But now, Baldini was out of touch,
out of fashion,
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152. and spent his days
waiting for customers that no longer came.
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153. - Chenier! There you are!
- Monsieur Baldini.
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155. Put on your wig!
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156. You going out?
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157. I will retire to my study
for a few hours,
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158. and do not want to be disturbed
under any circumstances.
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159. Will you be creating
a new perfume, Monsieur Baldini?
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160. Correct.
For Count Verhamont.
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161. He's asked for something like...
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162. I think he said it was called...
"Amor and Psyche"?
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163. That swindler in the
rue Saint-Andre-des-Arts.
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164. - Pelissier.
- Pelissier! That's him.
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165. "Amor and Psyche".
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166. - Do you know it?
- Oh, yes.
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167. You can smell it everywhere
these days, monsieur.
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168. Every street corner.
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169. In fact, I just purchased
you a sample.
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171. What on earth makes you think
I'd be interested in testing it?
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172. You're right.
It's nothing special.
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173. Actually, it's a very
common scent.
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contains lime oil.
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175. Really? And the heart cord?
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176. Orange blossom, I believe.
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177. And civet in the base cord,
but I cannot say for sure.
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178. Well, I couldn't care less what that bungler
Pelissier slops into his perfumes.
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179. Naturally not, monsieur.
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180. And I am thinking of creating something
for Count Verhamont...
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181. that will cause
a veritable sensation.
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182. I'm sure it will, Monsieur Baldini.
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183. Take charge of the shop, Chenier.
And don't let anyone come near me.
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184. Inspiration requires
peace and tranquility.
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185. Vanessa! Bring me the handkerchiefs!
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186. Here are your handkerchiefs.
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187. Grazie... grazie... grazie!
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188. Is there anything else
you need?
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189. Inspiration, perhaps.
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190. Come on, Giuseppe!
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191. You're still
the great perfumer Baldini.
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192. Bellissimo...
Wonderful...
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193. He did it again.
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194. Lime oil, yes indeed.
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195. Orange blossom, to be sure.
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196. And a hint of cloves, perhaps.
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197. No...
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199. It's gone.
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200. Cinnamon.
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202. Cloves.
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203. No...
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205. No.
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207. I'm from Grimal's tannery.
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208. I've brought
the goatskins you ordered.
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209. Follow me.
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210. This way.
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211. There. Leave them there.
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the skins are fine.
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213. I'll come by the next few days
and pay for them.
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214. Yes, monsieur.
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215. You want to make this leather
smell good, don't you?
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216. - Why, of course.
- With "Amor and Psyche" by Pelissier?
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217. Whatever gave you the absurd idea
I would use someone else's perfume?
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218. It's all over you.
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219. It's on your forehead,
your nose, your hands.
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220. It's bad, "Amor and Psyche" is, master.
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221. that and that.
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222. Bergamot and patchouli.
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223. Pa...
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224. - Patchouli.
- Patchou...
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225. What else?
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226. That and that.
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227. Orange blossom.
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228. Lime.
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229. - Musk.
- Musk.
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230. And cloves.
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231. And this.
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232. - Storax?
- That's in it too.
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233. - Storax. Storax.
- Storax. Storax.
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234. You have, it appears,
a fine nose, young man. But...
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235. My nose knows all the smells in the world.
It's the best nose in Paris.
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236. Only I don't know the names.
I need to learn the names...
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237. - learn them all...
- No! No! No! Basta!
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238. You don't interrupt me when I'm speaking.
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239. You're both impertinent
and insolent!
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240. Even I don't know every scent.
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241. I, of course, know for some time
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242. But all it needs to find that out
is a passably fine nose, nothing else.
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243. But it needs the craft
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And in what precise measurements.
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246. Could you tell me the exact formula
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247. "Best nose in Paris".
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249. You see, you can't, can you?
And I'll tell you why.
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250. Because talent means
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251. While experience, acquired in humility...
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252. and hard work, means everything.
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253. I don't, I don't know
what a formula is.
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254. But I can make
"Amor and Psyche" for you now.
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255. And you think I'll just let you
slop around in my laboratory...
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that are worth a fortune?
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257. You?
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258. - Yes.
- Now pay attention!
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259. What is your name, anyway?
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260. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille.
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261. Very well, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille.
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262. You shall have the opportunity now,
this very moment, to prove your assertion.
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263. Your grandiose failure will also be
an opportunity for you to learn...
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264. - the virtue of humility.
- How much do you want me to make?
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265. - How much of... what?
- How much "Amor and Psyche" do you want?
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266. - Shall I fill this flask?
- No! You shall not!
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267. - You may fill this one.
- Yes, master.
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268. - But, Master Baldini,
- Hmm?
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in my own way.
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270. As you please.
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271. Don't drop that!
That's pure alcohol!
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272. You want to blow up
the entire building?
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273. You have to measure it first!
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274. Stop! Stop it!
That's enough! Basta!
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275. You know nothing!
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276. Essential oils are always to be
mixed first, then the alcohol added.
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277. And never ever let this perfume
to be shaken like that.
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278. I must've been insane
to listen to your asinine gibberish.
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279. Yes, we're done.
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280. Mamamiya...
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281. This is "Amor and Psyche".
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282. But it's not a good perfume, master.
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283. If you let me again, master,
I'll make it more better.
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284. That's a really good perfume.
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285. Don't you want
to smell it, master?
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286. I'm not in the mood
to test it now.
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287. I have other things
on my mind. Go now.
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288. - But, master...
- Go now!
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289. Can't I come to work
for you, master, can't I?
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290. - Let me think about it.
- Master!
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291. I have to learn
how to keep smell.
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292. - What?
- Can you teach me that?
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293. I shall have to think
about it. Now go.
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294. I love you.
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295. I'll give you 50 francs for him.
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296. Grenouille!
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297. Grimal's transaction had
a profound effect on all three parties.
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298. Hey, watch out!
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299. Now at least, upon
Monsieur Grimal himself.
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300. As for Giuseppe Baldini,
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301. the acquisition of Grenouille miraculously
transformed his dwindling business,
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302. even surpassing
its former glory.
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303. While at last, for Jean-Baptiste,
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304. the mysterious secret
of the perfumers' craft began to unfold.
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305. Now, pay careful attention
to what I tell you.
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306. Just like a musical cord,
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307. a perfume cord contains
four essences, or notes,
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for their harmonic affinity.
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309. Each perfume contains three cords:
the head, the heart and the base,
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311. The head cord contains
the first impression,
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312. lasting only a few minutes,
before giving way to the heart cord :
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lasting several hours.
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315. the trail of the perfume,
lasting several days.
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316. Mind you, the ancient Egyptians believed
that one can only create a truly original perfume...
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317. by adding an extra note,
one final essence that will ring out...
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318. and dominate the others.
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319. Legend has it that a jar
was once found in a pharaoh's tomb.
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320. And when it was opened,
a perfume was released.
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322. a perfume of such subtle beauty,
and yet such power,
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324. every single person on earth
believed they were in paradise.
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325. Twelve essences
could be identified.
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the vital one...
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328. Why not?
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330. Because it's a legend, numskull.
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332. Never mind.
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333. Jean-Baptiste. Jean-Baptiste.
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335. I... I have to learn
how to capture a scent.
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336. What are you talking about?
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337. I have to learn how... how to
capture a scent and "reprose" it forever.
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338. - You mean "preserve".
- Yes, teach me that.
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339. Calm down, my boy.
Calm down.
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340. We have work to do.
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341. The soul of beings is their scent.
You said that, master.
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342. Did I?
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343. I will make as many perfumes as you want.
But you have to teach me...
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344. how to capture
the smell of all things.
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345. Can you do that?
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346. - Well, naturally.
- Then teach me everything you know.
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347. And I'll make you the best perfumer
in the whole world.
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349. ten thousand roses to produce
one single ounce of essential oil.
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350. Now, keep them flowing,
for the bottom petals will be given to stew,
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351. while I set up the alembic.
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352. And take care.
Not to damage them.
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353. We have to let them go to
their deaths with their scent intact.
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354. Perfect! Now, help me
with the boiler set.
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355. Temperature is vital.
When the quicksilver is here,
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356. the heat is precisely correct,
and the oil will gradually rise.
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357. Note that this mechanism is
a remarkable invention of my own devising.
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358. You will observe how cold water
is pumped through here,
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to condense here...
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363. Of course, out on the hillside above Grasse,
we had only to bellow pure fresh air.
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364. Ah, Grasse! What a town.
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365. The Rome of scents.
The Promised Land of perfume.
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366. No man can rightly
call himself a perfumer,
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in that hallowed place.
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368. Not to worry!
It happens all the time.
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369. To Grasse.
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371. Look.
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372. The very soul of the rose.
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374. What's wrong?
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376. - What have you done?
- You lied.
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377. - What?
- You lied to me.
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378. How dare you
talk to me like that!
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379. You said I could capture
the scent of anything.
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380. And so you can!
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381. What do you smell?
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382. Nothing.
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383. - What were you expecting to smell?
- Glass.
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384. - But glass doesn't smell.
- Of course it does. What's this?
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386. Basta!
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387. - Did you smell that copper?
- Enough!
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388. You were trying to distil
the smell of copper?
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396. Experiment? Experiment?
With a cat?
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398. Don't you know anything?
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399. You can no more distil
the scent of a cat...
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400. than you can distil
the scent of you and me!
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401. - I can't?
- Of course not!
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402. He's in stadio ultimo.
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403. - What?
- He's dying.
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405. - I fear not.
- No! He cannot die.
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- 50 francs? You're a charlatan!
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Please, don't die on me.
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besides distil it?
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414. - Is there, master?
- Well, yes, I... I believe there is.
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the mysterious art of Enfleurage.
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with the secrets.
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420. - Well...
- Could I?
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and find a job,
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424. he needed a journeyman's papers.
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425. Baldini agreed to provide them,
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426. on condition that Grenouille left him
not less than 100 formulas for new perfumes.
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427. Grenouille did not mind.
He could've given him a thousand.
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428. The morning of Grenouille's departure,
Baldini was pleased.
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429. At last, he felt rewarded
for his many years of hard work.
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430. He could not remember
a happier day.
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431. Deeply satisfied, he went
back to sleep...
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432. and awoke no more
in this life.
Copy !req
433. With every step Grenouille took away
from the city, the happier he felt.
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434. The air above him grew
clearer, purer, cleaner.
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435. And at last, he was
able to breathe freely.
Copy !req
436. There were two ways
to reach Grasse.
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437. The first followed the winding road
through the villages...
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438. while the second lay straight across
the hills and mountains,
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439. down into Provence.
Copy !req
440. The choice was quite easy.
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441. Thus, his nose led him ever higher,
ever further from mankind.
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442. Ever more towards the magnetic pole
of the greatest possible solitude.
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443. Grenouille needed a moment...
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444. to believe that he had actually
found a spot on earth...
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445. where scent was almost absent.
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446. Spread all around...
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447. lay nothing but the tranquil
scent of dead stone.
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448. There was something
sacred about this place.
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449. No longer distracted
by anything external,
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450. he was finally able
to bask in his own existence.
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451. And found it splendid!
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452. After a while, he almost forgot
his plans and obsessions.
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453. And indeed,
might've done so altogether.
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454. Hello.
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455. There were a thousand smells
in his clothes.
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456. The smell of sand, stone, moss...
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457. even the smell of the sausage
he'd eaten weeks ago.
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458. Only one smell was not there:
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459. His own.
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460. For the first time in his life,
Grenouille realized...
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461. that he had no smell of his own.
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462. He realized that all his life...
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463. he had been a nobody
to everyone.
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464. What he now felt
was the fear of his own oblivion.
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465. It was as though...
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466. he did not exist.
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467. By the first light of next morning,
Grenouille had a new plan.
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468. He must continue
his journey to Grasse.
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469. There he would teach the world
not only that he existed...
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470. that he was someone...
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471. but that he was exceptional.
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472. And with this decision,
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473. it seemed that the gods
had at last begun to smile on him.
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474. Laura?
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475. Coming, papa.
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476. Haven't seen you here before.
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477. It's my first season.
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478. Picking together
is always more fun.
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479. They say you pick
everything you find.
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480. Idiot! How many times do I told you
not to cram the blossoms in...
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481. like you're stuffing a chicken?
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482. Watch how Grenouille does it.
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483. Look how skillfully he handles them.
The whole art of Enfleurage...
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484. is to allow the flowers to die slowly,
in their sleep as it were...
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485. handle them as you would a lady.
Wouldn't you agree with me, Druot?
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486. If you say so, madame.
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487. You! Check the jonquil blossoms.
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488. It need more time.
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489. Do what I say.
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490. Stop it!
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491. I'm not in the mood.
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492. Are you sure?
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493. Of course I'm sure.
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494. I said...
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495. "no".
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496. Suit yourself.
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497. Lucien?
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498. - Fetch me by the ladder!
- Fetch it yourself!
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499. Lucien?
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500. Lucien!
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501. Lucien?
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502. Lucien.
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503. Tuberoses.
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504. For Madame Arnulfi.
She here?
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505. She's busy.
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506. Seem such a waste to boil them!
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507. Or whatever you do with them.
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508. So, what do you do with them?
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509. - Warm them in animal fat.
- What for?
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510. The fat soaks up
their scent.
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511. Then what?
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512. Then I cool it
toward pomade, and...
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513. and then I filter it, before...
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514. Before what?
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515. Before adding alcohol and other essences
to make perfume.
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516. Don't touch anything!
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517. What's in there?
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518. Nothing, just flowers.
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519. - Can I look?
- No.
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520. Not now, I've got work to do.
You must go now.
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521. - Ah, come on, let me look.
- Don't touch!
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522. - Morning, madame.
- Morning.
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523. Why do you cover the tank?
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524. It's an experiment, madame, to...
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525. to... protect the blossoms
from daylight,
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526. to preserve the scent better.
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527. Well, if you say so.
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528. Come with me.
I'll settle your master's account.
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529. To preserve their scent better, you say?
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530. I don't smell much.
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531. No. Then my experiment
was a failure.
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532. Make sure it's your time
you're wasting, not ours.
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533. How much must I pay?
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534. To be with you.
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535. Depends what you want.
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536. What's that stuff?
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537. I'm creating a perfume.
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538. Lie down, please.
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539. They feels horrible.
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540. It's only animal fat.
To soak up your scent.
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541. Creating a perfume, mate?
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542. Come on, admit it.
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543. You're getting some sorta
bang out of this, aren't you?
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544. Aren't you?
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545. I enjoy my work.
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546. Keep your arm still.
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547. Don't think you're
gonna tie me up.
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548. Hold out your arm, please.
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549. I've come across
some strange men in my time...
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550. Just... relax!
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551. Holy Mother! What's that?
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552. - Just scraping off the fat.
- Are you mad?
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553. I said relax!
You'll ruin everything.
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554. Your frighten just stink,
your perfume will be spoiled.
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555. I've had enough!
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556. Get out!
Here, take your money!
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557. Baste me with all these goo.
What do you think I am? A Christmas goose?
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558. Get out of here!
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559. Quickly! Blow them out
before the roses melt.
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560. - Roses can't melt, papa.
- These ones can.
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561. Now I'd like to propose a toast
to our guest of honor...
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562. His Excellency, the Marquis de Montesquieu.
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563. May our trade continue to flourish!
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564. I thank you all...
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565. and will ask of you the honor
to be the first to...
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566. offer my congratulations
to your beautiful daughter.
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567. And present her with
a small token of my affection.
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568. - I'm overwhelmed, Your Grace.
- Your Grace?
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569. I had hoped that it would be
on more familiar terms by now.
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570. - Let's have a game of hide-and-seek!
- Oh, yes! But everyone must play.
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571. Men catch the women.
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572. Bravo! Bravo!
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573. Albine, wait!
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574. No!
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575. Put me down, please!
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576. Now there's no escape.
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577. Game's over, everybody!
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578. Laura!
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579. Time to go in now!
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580. Laura.
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581. Albine! Francoise!
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582. Laura, have you seen the twins?
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583. No, not since the game started.
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584. Albine. Francoise.
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585. - Albine! Francoise!
- Jacques, take this way.
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586. You two, go with me.
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587. Your Excellency, through here.
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588. I've told that cretin ten times
to get these ready.
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589. Don't keep picking on the boy.
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590. I'll kill the useless little sewer rat!
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591. Grenouille! What are you doing?
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592. Why aren't the enfleurage frames...
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593. - Yes, master?
- I mean...
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594. would you be good enough to prepare
the enfleurage frames, Jean-Baptiste?
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595. Certainly, master.
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596. Hey, look!
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597. Sweet... There!
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598. A curfew? Are you mad?
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599. Jasmine can only be picked
before dawn. We all know that!
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600. This could mean the ruin
of our trade!
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601. Yours! And yours, and yours!
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602. Supposing it's your daughter
next time?
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603. Of course, a curfew is necessary.
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604. But we also have to catch this man.
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605. And the only way to do that
is to understand how he thinks!
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606. - What he wants!
- I should've thought that was obvious.
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607. Use your imagination!
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608. And if I were to tell you
that all except the prostitute...
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609. went to their graves
with their chastity intact?
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610. - How would you know?
- The coroner had each girl examined.
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611. They were all found
to be virgins.
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612. Supposing there isn't
a next time...
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613. if we introduce a curfew,
we may all go bankrupt for nothing.
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614. So we wait until he's killed what...
Six? Seven? Eight?
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615. Curfew! Go back to your homes!
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616. - What's happening?
- It's a curfew. Back to your home.
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617. Gentlemen! Gentlemen!
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618. We have to face the fact
that our police are helpless in this matter.
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619. - I suggest that we ask for support from Paris.
- Paris won't be smarter than we are.
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620. Arrest every Gypsy and beggar!
And every man without a wife and family!
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621. Listen!
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622. We have to put ourselves
inside the mind of this man.
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623. Each of his victims
had an especial beauty.
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624. We know he doesn't want
their virginity.
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625. So, it seems to me
that it's that beauty itself...
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626. that he wants. It's almost as if...
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627. as if he's trying
to gather something.
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628. His ambitions of those
of a collector.
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629. - A collector of what?
- Their hair?
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630. Get out! Get out!
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631. Whatever it is...
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632. I fear he won't stop killing
until his collection is complete.
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633. Here you are! Next!
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634. You too!
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635. Monsieur?
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636. This man... this man is a demon!
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637. A phantom who cannot be fought
by human means!
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638. Now I insist that we call upon
our bishop to excommunicate him!
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639. What good would that do?
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640. Have you no faith in the power
of our Holy Mother Church?
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641. It's not a matter of faith!
There's a murderer out there!
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642. And we must catch him
by using our God-given wits.
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643. I say, until we submit him
to our church...
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644. these killings will not cease.
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645. Citizens of Grasse...
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646. we hereby declare
that this murderer...
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647. is demon in our midst.
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648. Has incurred the sentence
of excommunication!
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649. Not only has this depraved monster
robbed us of our daughters...
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650. the young and fair
blossom of the city...
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651. and by his wanton acts,
has brought our trade...
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652. our livelihood,
our very existence...
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653. to the brink
of eternal darkness!
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654. We therefore declare,
that this vile viper...
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655. this ignominious carbuncle,
this extricable evil in our midsts...
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656. shall henceforth be solemnly
banned from our Holy Presence...
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657. rejected from the Communion
of Holy Mother Church...
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658. as a disciple of Satan.
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659. Slayer of souls...
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660. Stand clear! Stand clear!
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661. outsider of the faith...
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662. a necromancer, a diabolist,
a sorcerer...
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663. a damned heretic!
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664. Oh, God! In thy most
merciful spirit,
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665. bring down thunderbolts
upon his head!
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666. And may the Devil make stope
of his bones! Amen!
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667. My Lord! My Lord!
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668. It's a miracle!
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669. He's been caught! He's been caught!
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670. My Lord, the fiend
has been caught.
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671. In the city of Grenoble.
He's confessed to everything.
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672. He's confessed to everything!
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673. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
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674. Thanks be to God. And we thank him
for listening to our prayers...
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675. and answering them. Amen!
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676. Amen! Amen!
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677. Just read the report. This cannot
possibly be the same man.
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678. He confessed to everything,
including the murders in Grasse.
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679. Yes, and the torture.
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680. Look, here!
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681. He admits to strangling his victims...
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682. pulling out their hair,
and ravaging them.
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683. The girls of Grasse were killed
by a single blow to the back of their heads.
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684. Their hair was carefully cropped.
And not one of them was violated.
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685. Antoine...
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686. we're all happy it's over.
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687. Let it go.
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688. - Papa, what's the matter?
- We're going home, now!
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689. - But why? I'm enjoying myself!
- Don't argue with me!
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690. Stop it! I'm grown-up...
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691. Laura!
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692. Out of my way!
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693. Laura!
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694. - Laura!
- Papa!
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695. I'm so sorry.
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696. I know you must think me
a very foolish man.
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697. But try to understand.
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698. - You're all I have left.
- You don't need to explain, papa.
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699. - If anything would happen to you...
- I know.
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700. But you must stop worrying
about me all the time.
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701. Sweet dreams, my love.
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702. Sweet dreams, papa.
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703. Laura!
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704. Papa, what's the matter?
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705. Did you open the window?
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706. No. Why?
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707. Have this letter dispatched to
the Marquis de Montesquieu immediately.
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708. Marie, quickly!
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709. Stay on the road north,
into the mountains.
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710. - Did Monsieur Richis leave?
- He did.
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711. Which way?
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712. North.
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713. - You sure it wasn't south?
- I saw them with my own eyes!
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714. What do you want to know?
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715. I said north, north!
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716. Grenouille?
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717. Grenouille!
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718. Good God!
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719. - Good afternoon, monsieur.
- Good afternoon.
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720. Do you have anyone
else staying here?
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721. No, monsieur.
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722. Then I would like to take
all your rooms for the night.
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723. It will be a pleasure, monsieur.
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724. And tomorrow, first light,
we wish to be ferried to the Iles de Larins.
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725. - It's deserted except for a few...
- I'm aware of that.
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726. Very well, monsieur.
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727. Our finest room, mademoiselle.
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728. With the superb view of the sea.
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729. One moment.
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730. Very well.
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731. - Do you have a room next to this?
- Yes, but the view cannot be compared to...
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732. There have no interest
in the view.
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733. Oh, my God...
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734. Monsieur.
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735. Papa, will you please
tell me now what's happening.
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736. You haven't said a word all day.
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737. Why all the secrecy?
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738. Last night, I dreamt
you were dead...
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739. murdered
like all the other girls.
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740. The truth is I'm convinced that
the killer is still here somewhere.
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741. All of his victims were young and beautiful,
and who is there more beautiful than you, Laura?
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742. Whatever his insane scheme,
it will surely be incomplete without you.
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743. I've written to the Marquis accepting
his proposal and marriage on your behalf,
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744. and requesting that it take place
as soon as possible.
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745. Until then, you stay
in the safety of the monastery.
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746. - And all this, because you had a bad dream?
- I've made my decision.
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747. - But I don't know whether I even love him!
- I'm afraid the circumstances leave us no choice.
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748. - Papa!
- It's all arranged, Laura.
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749. On your feet!
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750. Hands in the air!
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751. Why did you kill my daughter?
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752. Why?
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753. I needed her.
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754. Why did you kill my daughter?
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755. I just...
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756. needed her.
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757. Very well.
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758. But you remember this:
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759. I'll be looking at you...
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760. when you're laid on the cross,
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761. and the twelve blows are
crashing down on your limbs.
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762. When the crowd is finally tired
of your screams and wandered home...
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763. I will climb up
through your blood...
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764. and sit beside you.
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765. I will look deep
into your eyes...
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766. and drop by drop...
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767. I will trickle my disgust into them...
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768. like burning acid...
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769. until...
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770. finally...
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771. you perish.
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772. What do you think
they'll do to him?
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773. Apparently, they're gonna break
every bone in his body with an iron bar.
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774. Look, there he comes!
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775. Unchain the prisoner.
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776. That's enough.
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777. Let him be brought
to the scaffold.
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778. What's that?
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779. Is he coming? What's his name?
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780. This man is innocent.
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781. - He didn't do it. It's impossible!
- He's innocent!
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782. He's innocent!
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783. This is no man!
This is an angel!
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784. You can't fool me!
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785. Forgive me!
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786. My son!
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787. People of Grasse
awoke to a terrible hangover.
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788. For many of them, the experience
was so gusty, so completely inexplicable...
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789. and incompatible with their morals,
that they literally erased it from their memories.
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790. The town council
was in session by the afternoon.
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791. And an order was passed to the police lieutenant
to immediately begin fresh investigations into the murders.
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792. The following day, Dominique Druot
was arrested.
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793. Since it was in his backyard that the clothes
and hair of all the victims had been found.
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794. After fourteen hours of torture,
Druot confessed to everything.
Copy !req
795. With that, the case was closed.
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796. By then, Grenouille was already
halfway back to Paris.
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797. He still had enough perfume left
to enslave the whole world, if he so chose.
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798. He could walk to Versailles,
and have the King kiss his feet.
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799. He could write the Pope a perfumed letter,
and reveal himself as a new Messiah.
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800. He could do all this,
and more if he wanted to.
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801. He possessed a power stronger
than the power of money, or terror, or death.
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802. The invincible power
to command the love of mankind.
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803. There was only one thing
the perfume could not do.
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804. It could not turn him into a person
who could love and be loved like everyone else.
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805. So, to hell with it, he thought.
To hell with the world.
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806. With the perfume, with himself.
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807. On the 25th of June, 1766,
around 11 o'clock at night,
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808. Grenouille entered the city
through the port-de-Leones.
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809. And like a sleepwalker, his olfactory memories
drew him back to the place where he was born.
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810. An angel!
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811. I love you!
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812. Within no time, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
had disappeared from the face of the earth.
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813. When they had finished,
they felt a virginal glow of happiness.
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814. For the first time in their lives,
they believed that they had done something...
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815. purely out of love.
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816. Hey, over here!
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817. Look!
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818. Let's take them away.
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819. You could wear them.
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820. Blu-ray Authoring : Voyco
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