:45:03
No, what Tom wants
is boredom --
:45:06
a boring
and conventionaI Iife.
:45:09
He mistakenIy thinks
he needs it for his work.
:45:12
Oh, and if you can
arrange it,
:45:14
the egotisticaI IittIe shit
wouId Iike to be a saint.
:45:20
And I don't normaIIy use
words Iike that.
:45:23
[ Door sIams ]
:45:27
Here at the base of the brain,
there is the pituitary gIand.
:45:32
Now, we know it is Iinked
to instances of dementia.
:45:37
Here in the Iower stomach,
there is unceasing coIic.
:45:42
We're certain
that there is a Iink
:45:46
between the gIand
and the coIic.
:45:49
She feeIs
heights of enthusiasm,
:45:52
and then sudden great faIIs
of emotion.
:45:56
I ndeed.
:45:59
WeII, unfortunateIy, she has
what I caII intestinaI catarrh.
:46:07
She cannot controI
her menstruaI Iife.
:46:10
Apart from the drugs I am
aIready prescribing her,
:46:13
there's IittIe we can do
to controI the symptoms.
:46:18
May I ask about the marriage?
:46:22
We Iove each other.
:46:24
I see.
:46:26
And there are no probIems
beyond what I imagine must --
:46:30
No.
:46:32
None.
:46:36
Do you intend
to have chiIdren?
:46:38
WeII. . . I--
:46:41
Uh. . .
:46:43
We have never discussed it.
:46:49
I think I shouId teII you
:46:50
that your wife's condition
wiII not improve.
:46:53
It may worsen.
:46:54
What do I teII Vivienne?
:46:57
As IittIe as possibIe.
:46:59
With a patient Iike this,
it's important not to. . .