:28:00
Better to have an insane spouse
than a criminal one.
:28:04
And he has never once
tried to escape ?
:28:08
A man of his notoriety ?
He wouldn't last a day
on the streets without capture.
:28:12
Besides, every wholesome thing
he might desire, he has at Charenton:;
:28:16
a library filled
with the world's great books,
:28:19
music lessons,
watercolor exercises.
:28:22
What effect have all these amenities
had on his psyche ?
:28:25
He no longer roars
or spits.
:28:28
He no longer taunts the guards
or molests his fellow wards.
:28:32
And his writing ?
:28:34
- Ah, yes, that.
- Well ?
:28:37
It's essential to his recovery,
a purgative for the toxins in his mind.
:28:41
Do you favor
its publication ?
:28:44
- For sale ? To the general public ?
- Yes. Yes.
:28:47
No, certainly not.
It's unprintable.
:29:06
All France is aghast at this book,
yet you've never heard of it.
:29:10
Oh, dear God.
:29:14
Silence the marquis,
or Charenton will be shut down
by order of the emperor.
:29:19
"Shut down" ? But he's one
among some 200 wards.
:29:23
You could try
my calming chair on him.
:29:25
Or, perhaps,
try bleeding him with leeches.
:29:28
Or maybe flog him
at the stake.
:29:31
Why ? So he'll learn
to fear punishment...
:29:33
rather than to see virtue
for its own rewards ?
:29:37
Doctor, let me take up this matter
with the marquis myself.
:29:41
- Chariton's my life's work.
- I am not without a heart.
:29:44
But this book is a profound insult
to decent people everywhere.
:29:49
Can you personally guarantee
this won't happen again ?
:29:52
You have my word.