:31:02
And ?
:31:05
It's not even a proper novel.
:31:08
It's nothing but an encyclopedia
of perversions.
:31:12
Frankly, it even fails
as an exercise in craft.
:31:14
Characters are wooden.
The dialogue is inane.
:31:18
Not to mention the endless repetition
of words like "nipple" and "pikestaff."
:31:23
There I was taxed,
it's true.
:31:25
And such puny scope.
:31:27
Nothing but the very worst
in man's nature.
:31:30
I write of the great
eternal truths...
:31:32
that bind together all mankind
the whole world over.
:31:36
We eat, we shit, we fuck,
we kill and we die.
:31:40
But we also fall in love.
:31:42
We build cities,
we compose symphonies
and we endure.
:31:45
Why not put that
in your books as well ?
:31:47
It's a fiction,
not a moral treatise.
:31:50
But isn't the duty of art
to elevate us above the beasts ?
:31:53
I'd have thought that was
your duty, Abbe, not mine.
:31:56
One more trick like this...
:32:00
and I'll be forced
to revoke all your liberties.
:32:04
It's that doctor fellow,
isn't it ?
:32:08
He's come to usurp
your place here, hasn't he ?
:32:11
Marquis, more than
your writing's at stake.
:32:15
The ministry has threatened us
with closure.
:32:17
Ah, they can't be serious !
:32:20
Our future lies
in the stroke of your pen.
:32:22
Mightier than the sword,
indeed.
:32:25
Put yourself in my place. I have
your fellow patients to consider.
:32:28
If Charenton folds, they have
no place to go, no manner
to clothe or feed themselves.
:32:33
Fuck them ! They're half-wits !
Let them die on the streets
as nature intended !
:32:37
You among them ?
:32:43
If ever I showed you
a kind hand, Marquis,
:32:47
if ever I granted you
walking privileges
on a spring day...
:32:50
or slipped an extra pillow
beneath your door,
:32:52
if ever I shared your wine,
laughed at your vulgarities
or humored you with argument,
:32:58
then you will oblige me now...