: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:
:59:02
opiates to quell his temper,
:59:05
restraints to chasten him
when he misbehaves.
:59:09
Perhaps, if you could
buttress your entreaties
with the means to oblige them-
:59:13
I'm not a wealthy woman.
:59:16
You have a pension,
haven't you ?
:59:18
- From the sale of his books ?
- It's tainted money, Doctor.
:59:24
- What a beautiful thought.
- What thought is that ?
:59:26
That the ill-gotten funds
born of his degeneracy...
:59:32
might now affect his salvation.
:59:36
It's beyond perversity...
:59:39
that honor should carry
a price tag.
:59:44
Imagine...
:59:46
old friends deigning
to kiss your hand again.
:59:55
"Why, Marquise,
enchanted to see you again.
:59:59
Welcome back from your long,
dark descent into the abyss of infamy."