:55:02
With what, my asinine bride ?
:55:04
I beg you, Donatien,
:55:06
as your wife, your only ally,
you must stop making a monstrous
spectacle of yourself!
:55:10
- You have come to lecture me ?
- To flaunt your deviance
in public upon a stage ?
:55:14
They have put you up to this,
haven't they ?
:55:16
You should court the doctor's favor,
not his contempt.
:55:18
The doctor ? I ought to
carve my name into his backside
and fill the wounds with salt !
:55:25
You're here, safe,
surrounded by brick and mortar.
:55:30
My prison is far crueler.
It has no walls.
:55:34
Everywhere I go,
they point and whisper.
:55:37
At the opera, they hiss at me
when I take my box.
:55:39
When I went to church, the priest
refused to even hear my confession.
:55:41
He said I was already damned.
:55:43
Why must I suffer
for your sins ?
:55:46
That's the way
of all martyrs, isn't it ?
:55:50
Give me back my anonymity.
That's all I ask.
:55:53
Let me be invisible again.
:55:55
You tell me, have you ever done anything
to secure my release ? No.
:55:58
Have you petitioned
the courts ? Never !
:56:00
- Sought an audience with the emperor ?
- How ? He refuses to see me !
:56:05
It's a convenience
having your husband locked away.
:56:07
You no longer have to hold your tongue
or hoist your skirts...
:56:10
or crack your mouth so I can
put it to its one pleasurable use.
:56:14
You're not my wife !
No, you're one of
my many jailors ! Out !
:56:17
- What in God's name ?
- Take this cow away !
:56:20
I can't look at her !
:56:22
Perhaps you'll find a place for her
in the west wing among the hysterics !
:56:26
Lock her up as well
so she knows how it feels !
:56:30
The sow !
:56:48
For a woman of humble origin,
your wife has refined tastes.
:56:53
When I suggest granite for the foyer,
she's quick to counter
with Peruvian marble.
:56:57
Peruvian marble.
It costs a fortune to import.