:12:06
- It's unexpected.
- Like the dawn of creation.
:12:10
It was Sebastian's idea.
:12:12
Part of his lifelong war
against the herbaceous border.
:12:16
Not unlike a well-groomed jungle
and, frankly, a little terrifying.
:12:20
So was creation.
:12:21
So is creation.
Listen to them buzz, buzz.
:12:25
What's in there?
:12:26
This way, before our poor lady
dies of hunger.
:12:29
The Latin names to the plants
are printed on tags...
:12:32
...attached to them,
but the print's fading.
:12:34
Those ones there
are the oldest plants on earth.
:12:37
Survivors from the age
of the giant fern forest.
:12:41
And here's my poor lady.
:12:44
They never get away.
:12:45
The lady exudes this marvellous
perfume which attracts them.
:12:50
They plunge into her chalice.
And they never come out.
:12:54
This operation
you perform is called...?
:12:58
Lobotomy.
:12:59
- That's an unusual...
- I hate these flies.
:13:01
Foxhill!
:13:03
Foxhill!
:13:04
She loves feeding our wicked lady.
Foxhill's rather a brute.
:13:08
Such an extravagance, really,
from early fall to late spring...
:13:11
...lady must be kept under glass...
:13:13
...and we have to provide her
with flies flown in at great expense.
:13:17
Foxhill, you do the honours.
:13:19
- Lady's very hungry today.
- Of course, Mrs. Venable.
:13:23
I've never seen an insectivorous
plant before. What is it called?
:13:27
The Venus flytrap.
:13:29
A devouring organism...
:13:31
...aptly named
for the goddess of love.
:13:35
What was your son's work?
I mean, aside from this garden.
:13:39
As many times as I've had
to answer that question...
:13:42
...it still shocks me
a little to realize...
:13:44
...that Sebastian Venable the poet
was quite unknown...
:13:47
...outside of a small coterie
of friends, including his mother.
:13:50
- Your son was a poet?
- His life was his occupation.
:13:54
Yes. Yes, Sebastian was a poet.
:13:56
That's what I meant
when I said his life was his work.