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dies of hunger.
are printed on tags...
...attached to them,
but the print's fading.
Those ones there are
Survivors from the age
of the giant fern forest.
And here's my poor Lady.
They never get away.
The Lady exudes
this marvelous perfume...
...which attracts them.
They plunge into her chalice.
And they never come out.
This operation
you perform is called...?
Lobotomy.
-That's an unusual...
-I hate these flies.
Foxhill!
Foxhill!
She loves feeding our wicked Lady.
Foxhill's rather a brute.
Such an extravagance, really,
from early fall to late spring...
...Lady must be kept under glass...
...we have to provide her with flies
flown in at great expense.
Foxhill, you do the honors.
-Lady's very hungry today.
-Of course, Mrs. Venable.
I've never seen an insectivorous
plant before. What is it called?
The Venus's-flytrap.
A devouring organism...
...aptly named
for the goddess of love.
What was your son's work?
I mean, aside from this garden.
As many times as I've had
to answer that question...
a little to realize...
...that Sebastian Venable the poet
was quite unknown...
...outside of a small coterie
of friends, including his mother.
Your son was a poet?
Strictly speaking,
his life was his occupation.
Yes. Yes, Sebastian was a poet.
That's what I meant when I said
his life was his work.
Because the work of a poet is
the life of a poet. And vice versa.
I mean, you can't separate them.
I mean, a poet's life is his work.
And his work is his life,
in a special sense.
-Are you all right?
-Right as rain, however right that is.
This operation of yours,
does it really work?
Yes, yes, it does.
However, it is very experimental.
I was struck by something
you said in the paper.
About the sharp knife in the mind.
That kills the devil in the soul?
I'm afraid I got a bit carried away.
No, what you said
Mrs. Venable, the work
of a doctor is his life too.
But we need help, particularly
in a field as experimental as mine.
Particularly at a state hospital
like Lions View.
Yet we have little money,
practically none.
Yes, I know.
Doctor...
...I have a niece by marriage...
...at a place called St. Mary's.
I've heard of it.
It's a custodial home for the insane.
She suffers from something
called dementia praecox.
Dementia praecox?
Which is to say, she's mad
as a hatter, poor child.
Would you like to
see Sebastian's studio?
It's at the end of the jungle
in what used to be the garonnire.
That's an old
New Orleans convenience.
could go to be private.
You're not from New Orleans?
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