Jensen, so that we can keep him at a little distance.
Torp asked if he was to take meals in the kitchen.
Certainly! I have no intention of having him for my opposite neighbour
at table. But, on the whole, he had better have his meals in his hut,
then we shall not be always smelling him.
* * * * *
Perhaps we are really descended from dogs, for the sense of smell can so
powerfully influence our senses.
I would undertake in pitch darkness to recognise every man I know by the
help of my nose alone; that is, if I passed near enough to him to sniff
his atmosphere. I am almost ashamed to confess that men are the same to
me as flowers; I judge them by their smell. I remember once a young
English waiter in a restaurant who stirred all my sensibilities each
time he passed the back of my chair. Luckily Richard was there! For the
same reason I could not endure Herr von Brincken to come near me--and
equally for the same reason Richard had power over my senses.
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