Eliza Graves Page #6

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of this remarkable

new therapy.

What is your name, sir?

I don't know.

Are you

the superintendent here?

I don't know.

As you can see,

a mind that was not moments

ago tormented by delusion

is now pacified.

I... Am I in hospital?

You are a patient

at Stonehearst Asylum.

Who are you people?

Tell him, Doctor.

Tell him.

We are your keepers.

I'm afraid that's the

last of the laudanum.

Thank you, Doctor.

Now listen.

You must rest if you can.

You need your strength.

For what?

Tonight I intend

to set you free.

All of you.

Tonight?

Why?

Because I-I fear Lamb's

procedure on Salt

was merely

a rehearsal.

I fear he means to

do it to all of you.

Tonight.

I never did approve

of Dr. Salt's methods.

Of course,

it wasn't my place to criticize.

You know,

Eliza said you were always very kind to her

and the other patients.

I loved them

like my own children.

Even Lamb?

There is some good

even in poor Silas.

Though I fear it has become

deranged by madness.

How do I understand him?

Your first instinct

was the right one.

Think of him

as your patient.

Shine the light

of your sympathy

into the darkest

corners of his mind,

and maybe then you'll find

what he so desperately wants

to keep hidden from you

and from himself.

Only then will you have

what you need.

To defeat him?

No.

To heal him.

It is difficult imagining

Lamb as a patient.

Perhaps you should spend some time

where he spent so much of his.

Why won't you let me go?

I want to go.

Because it's not appropriate

for a girl your age.

But I'm not a girl.

I'm a lady.

Quite beautiful one,

mind you.

You should see

how the boys stare at me.

Listen to me, Millie.

You must stay in this room

with the door locked

until I return,

do you understand?

You just want to leave me here so you

can run away with him, don't you?

Who?

Dr. Newgate.

Millie, that's absurd.

You're going to run away with him

and you're going to leave me here

to wipe bums and empty bedpans,

and it's not fair.

Oh, no.

Sh.

There, there.

I'm not going anywhere.

Eliza?

Yes, darling.

What's it like?

What's what like?

To be in love?

You're the belle

of the ball.

You look beautiful.

I suppose you've come

to ask me to dance.

Believe me,

nothing would please me more.

But there isn't time.

Look, I need you

to do me a favor.

There's something I must do,

and if Lamb asks you,

tell him I've gone outside for

some fresh air. Now tell him.

Where are you going?

To find a way to put

an end to all of this.

Wait.

Edward, wait.

Dinner is served.

Oh.

Eliza.

How do you do?

Who? Me?

Why, I'd be delighted.

May I butt in?

Well, well.

What a beautiful dress.

And lovely shoes.

Think of him

as a patient.

Shine the light

of your sympathy

into the darkest

corners of his mind,

and maybe then you'll find what he so

desperately wants to keep hidden from you

and from himself.

No.

Pleurisy, I suspect.

Brought on by catarrh.

The...

The poor child's

heart gave out.

Take the body

upstairs, would you?

No.

Do not touch her.

She's gone

to a better place.

No.

This was supposed to be

a better place.

It is nearly midnight.

Someone.

You. Fetch the champagne.

Bring it here, quickly.

All of my friends.

Join me outside.

The new century

is nearly upon us.

Peter!

Where's Peter?

Peter, my pyromaniac friend.

You may do the honors.

Tonight we shall

warm ourselves

by the fire

of our ignominious past.

Are you quite

finished there, Ted?

Spiking the bubbly,

I mean.

You're slipping

them all a Mickey Finn.

Not if Mickey Finn

slips you one first.

Well, I wasn't

expecting that.

Ah!

Jesus,

Mary and Joseph.

That's the other one!

Come on.

Come on.

Now, now, Ted.

Doctor.

You're just in time.

Indeed.

Ah, there you are.

There we are.

Won't you be

joining us, Doctor?

Of course.

Allow me.

Ten,

nine,

eight,

seven, six,

five, four,

three, two,

one.

Stop!

Stop!

Don't drink

the fecking champagne!

Believe nothing

that you hear

and only one half

of what you see.

Welcome back, Ted.

There, have a little rest

while we set the stage.

I'll be back in two

shakes of a whore's tail.

Come on.

Dear friends.

A few hours ago

we celebrated the arrival

of a new century,

and in a few hours more,

we shall celebrate

the dawning of a new day

in this,

the grand experiment

we have been

conducting together.

Oh, Eliza.

Oh, thank God.

Please help me

undo these straps.

Please.

Eliza.

It was found

on your person.

Why did you come here?

You know why I came here,

to study asylum medicine.

You're a liar.

He sent you.

Who?

My husband.

To take me back to him.

No.

I don't believe you.

Why did you come here?

I...

I came here for you.

For me?

Why?

I-I saw you

six months ago

at a medical lecture.

I saw you.

You were there?

Help me. One of you.

Please, I'm not mad.

You looked so lost

and so beautiful.

It sickened me to see you

exhibited like a sideshow freak.

Look at me.

I would have stopped it

if I could, but I couldn't.

I-I couldn't.

So, I vowed

there and then

that I would find you and

that nothing would stop me.

Did you even know

my name?

It didn't matter.

No, it does matter.

Saying otherwise proves you're

no better than any of them.

Than who?

My family,

my doctors,

my husband.

You act like I'm some

precious thing to be bartered

or put on display

or possessed.

It-It's not like that

with me, Eliza.

No?

How is it different?

It's you

who possesses me.

Excuse us, your Ladyship.

You must

get out of here.

Go, please.

Ride to the village. Please.

Time for Ted's big debut.

Eliza, promise me.

Promise me.

Promise me.

Eliza.

Eliza!

Tonight

we will show mercy

to a man

who has betrayed us,

and through the miracle

of medical science

we make him

in our image.

And when we are done, he'll not need

to be locked below in a dungeon

like the criminal he was,

but will join us

up above in the light,

fully rehabilitated.

And we shall embrace him

as one of our own.

Pity.

You would have made

a fine asylum doctor.

You showed

a rare talent for it.

You're mad.

We're all mad,

Dr. Newgate.

Some are simply not mad

enough to admit it.

Crank it up, Finn.

Now.

We will start

with a dose

of ten seconds.

Wait, wait, wait.

Before you start,

I'd like a final request.

In my vest pocket

there's a picture

of Eliza Graves.

I'd like her

to have it.

Very well.

Silas.

Silas.

Silas!

Keep going.

Faster.

Faster!

Feck, I don't need you.

I'll do it me self.

Eliza.

Eliza, my feet.

Hurry.

Eliza!

Eliza!

Eliza.

Look at me.

Look at me.

Hit the switch.

Hit the switch.

Quick, my hands.

Eliza.

Untie me.

Quick, my hands.

Everybody out!

Evacuate the building!

Evacuate!

Take these keys

and set them free.

Where are you going?

To find Lamb.

Everybody outside!

Go that way.

Keep going.

Go that way.

Keep going.

Quickly.

Please help, Dr. Lamb.

Dr. Lamb.

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