Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one, an excitement burning with a cold flame.

He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men.

And because people are stupid and use their noses only for blowing, but believe absolutely anything they see with their eyes, they will say it is because this is a girl with beauty and grace and charm.

It was good, really, that this external world still existed, if only as a place of refuge.

He had preserved the best part of her and made it his own: the principle of her scent.

He decided in favor of life out of sheer spite and malice.

When they finally did dare it, at first with stolen glances and then candid ones, they had to smile. They were uncommonly proud. For the first time they had done something out of Love.