:29:06
All France is aghast at this book,
yet you've never heard of it.
:29:10
Oh, dear God.
:29:14
Silence the marquis,
or Charenton will be shut down
by order of the emperor.
:29:19
"Shut down" ? But he's one
among some 200 wards.
:29:23
You could try
my calming chair on him.
:29:25
Or, perhaps,
try bleeding him with leeches.
:29:28
Or maybe flog him
at the stake.
:29:31
Why ? So he'll learn
to fear punishment...
:29:33
rather than to see virtue
for its own rewards ?
:29:37
Doctor, let me take up this matter
with the marquis myself.
:29:41
- Chariton's my life's work.
- I am not without a heart.
:29:44
But this book is a profound insult
to decent people everywhere.
:29:49
Can you personally guarantee
this won't happen again ?
:29:52
You have my word.
:30:05
- What is it, Abbe ?
- The marquis has embarrassed us.
:30:09
- From Napoleon himself.
- Why ? What's he done ?
:30:13
He's been slipping manuscripts
to a publisher.
:30:16
- He has ?
:30:20
I placed my trust
too carelessly, Madeleine.
:30:32
- This is a complete and utter...
- Oh.
:30:36
disappointment.
:30:38
Yes, it is.
:30:40
The paper's cheap.
The type's too small.
:30:42
What did you do,
bribe one of the guards ?
:30:45
But you implored me to write
for curative purposes,
to stave off my madness.
:30:50
But you've no right
to publish...
:30:52
behind my back
without my sanction.
:30:55
Have you truly read it,
or did you run straightaway
to the dog-eared pages ?
:30:59
Oh, enough to discern
its tenor.