PERFUME+-+RICHIS

**Quotes from Chapter 41**
"Antoine Richis was far and away the wealthiest citizen anywhere around"

"The most precious thing that Richis possessed, however, was his daughter."

"God help him, would curse himself for being this woman's father and not some stranger"

"he broke out in a sweat, and his arms and legs trembled while he chocked down his dreadful lust and bent down to wake her with a chaste fatherly kiss"

"it took about two heartbeats longer than he expected before she emerged again- and he was frightened to death, for during those two heartbeats he thought he had lost her for ever."

"Richis was an enlightened thinker who did not shrink from blasphemous conclusions"- represents the new generation, he is a man of rationality. He understands frog more than the others, it sets him apart

He is one of the nobility. Unlike the others he is singled out because he realizes what Grenouille is going to do. Richi is presented as being an admirable not just about what he says but also with the way he is described. Because of this we think that he is going to be Grenouille's match and will catch and civilize him, however in the end Grenouille makes him look foolish with a tiny bottle of perfume.

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