:57:00
Whatever her heart desires,
Monsieur Prouix.
:57:02
I would like nothing better than
to grant her every wish, sir,
:57:06
but on the modest sum
you have accorded me-
:57:09
I'm an architect,
not a magician.
:57:11
I must see the doctor at once.
:57:13
It's a matter
of dire urgency.
:57:16
It is customary to write
and request an appointment.
:57:18
Desperation has
driven me past etiquette,
all the way to frenzy.
:57:22
My schedule is not subject
to the whim of lunatics.
:57:25
I beg to differ, Doctor.
You work in a madhouse.
:57:28
Your every waking moment
is governed by the insane.
:57:32
I pray you, be succinct.
:57:35
You're new to Charenton, yes ?
:57:37
Perhaps you're not yet
familiar with my husband
and his unusual case.
:57:41
With all due respect, madame,
:57:43
all France is familiar
with your husband.
:57:46
Would you grant me
a moment alone, please,
Monsieur Prouix ?
:57:50
Humbly so.
Your servant, sir.
:57:52
Uh, gentlemen.
:57:54
Madame, please.
:58:05
Good morning, madame.
:58:07
I assume you've come here
to plead for clemency
on your husband's behalf.
:58:10
You do, do you ?
:58:12
It's my dearest hope, Doctor,
:58:15
that he remain
entombed forever.
:58:18
And that when at last
he perishes in the dank
bowels of your institution,
:58:21
that he be left as carrion
for the rodents and the worms.
:58:25
I stand corrected, madame.
:58:28
If you can't cure him...
:58:31
truly cure him...
:58:34
then at least, I beg you,
harness the beast
that rages in his soul.
:58:40
That is not easily done, madame.
:58:45
You are aware, are you not,
that it costs a great deal...
:58:48
to house your husband
at Charenton ?
:58:50
I pay his stipend every month,
far more dutifully than I should.
:58:54
But that barely covers
the cost of his room...
:58:57
with nary a penny left over
for appropriate treatments: