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.

He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men.

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

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.

He was not bound. No one led him by the arm. He got out of the carriage as if he were a free man.

He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself. No longer distracted by anything external, he basked in his own existence and found it splendid.

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