Augustine Page #5

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I've had enough of

your experiments.

I want to leave here.

Where will you go?

I'll find a job.

On your own? I doubt it.

You'll find work

in your condition?

I'll manage.

I'll find you work

when you're ready.

I don't need you.

I'll manage alone.

Learn to read and write.

Even a maid needs to.

I hate you.

There's a note from

Conti on the table.

So?

Is the lecture set?

When?

Tuesday.

You should be happy.

About what?

Still asleep?

Mr. Charcot is waiting.

Hurry.

Don't feel like

talking today?

Because of the presentation?

You never listen anyway.

It's too long.

Not if we hem it.

There's a button missing.

We'll find another.

It fits well.

Not too tight.

So they see how she moves.

Lift your arm.

I'll take it in.

That's fine.

I'll let you finish up.

A lot of people

will be seeing you.

- Thimble?

- In the box.

Where were you?

Look at you!

That dress was clean!

- I'm cured.

- Cured...

Calm down or you'll

get laudanum.

- But I'm cured

- Tell it to Mr. Charcot.

Gentlemen...

Dear colleagues...

I welcome you all.

I want to point out we've

never come closer

to understanding the disease.

I offer irrefutable proof.

Our hysterical patients

are not witches or feigners,

or liars,

but diseased people.

This is a great step.

It's time to go now.

So that you may understand

our work at the hospital,

I'll begin by showing you

an hysterical attack.

To do so,

I'll hypnotize the patient

before your eyes.

You'll thus observe the disease

in its natural state.

You'll notice three distinct,

separate steps.

The tonic phase,

the clonic phase

and the final phase.

This is Augustine.

Augustine is an

experienced patient.

Very easily hypnotized.

As soon as Mr. Bourneville

asks her to stare

at a moving point,

before your eyes,

she'll fall under.

Thunderstruck.

Mr. Bourneville.

Look at the mirror.

Follow it.

Follow the mirror.

I'll start over.

Look at the mirror.

Follow it.

Follow the mirror.

Give that to me.

I'm cured.

Gentlemen,

experiments performed on animals

work better in a lab

than with an audience.

This is the case today.

The feathers.

The attack has begun.

Stop this.

Take her to my office.

Mr. Bourneville will analyze

what you've seen.

Everyone's expecting you.

I'm coming.

I'm coming.

Fascinating.

We're very impressed.

The Academy will back you.

You can count on us.

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