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is different from what the reports say?

- Right.

- Are you disturbed about it?

Let me put it quite candidly.

Do you feel she's trying

to seduce you?

Well, it's not that simple.

Well, you could call it that.

But it's not...

It's not just a physical thing.

It's much more than that.

I'm not sure what it is

that she's trying to offer.

It's almost like she wants to share

this magic little world of hers.

And...

Does that all sound strange to you?

No, that doesn't sound strange.

It isn't unknown, you know,

for patients to seduce personnel...

...and vice versa, unfortunately.

Do you ever feel inclined to accept?

Yeah.

Yeah, sometimes I do.

And...

You see, I don't really think

that Lilith is unhappy.

Most of the patients are.

But I don't think she is.

She's got some...

- I don't know, she's got a kind of a...

- Rapture.

- What was the word?

- Rapture.

Rapture? That's a good word for it.

Yes, it is. In Shakespeare's time,

it meant "madness"...

...as the words "ecstasy"

and "innocence" often did.

I think all of us here are concerned

with rapture in some way.

And when a man devotes himself

to studying the nature of rapture...

...he may find himself

dispossessed by it.

That's one of the risks we take.

Does she ever talk to you

about her delusions?

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

In her case, it's seldom possible

to tell what is fantasy and what is fact.

Has she ever spoken to you

about her family?

No, I don't think so.

She had a brother who was

killed accidentally in a fall.

She's never mentioned him,

I suppose.

Well, you know,

I never try to question her.

No, I wouldn't.

That's apt to be disastrous.

How long did you say

that she's been here?

Since she was 18.

What do you think of her chances?

Very small.

Still, you never can tell.

She's been doing very well lately.

I'm particularly pleased with the

influence you seem to have on her.

This is a girl that, since she's

been here, has had no contact...

...with any world except her own.

I think you're doing a damn good job.

It's a very small chance

that we're talking about.

You saw Dr. Lavrier last week,

didn't you?

You talk about me?

Among other things.

What'd you say?

Tell me.

You think I should, huh?

You think I would?

I invent all sorts of stories for him

about my childhood.

You think he believes them?

He'll believe anything about me

except that I'm happy.

It's all he exists for,

inventions and confessions.

- I'm sure he'd love to hear yours.

- What would I tell him?

Don't you know?

Excuse me.

Good morning, Miss Arthur.

I'm making something for you...

...in the shop. They told me

next week was your birthday...

...and I wanted to give you something.

I wonder if I should tell you.

I think it's going to be quite nice.

I've been spending a lot of time on it.

It should be finished in a day or two.

Are you going bicycling?

It's a lovely day for it.

May I come with you?

I'm sorry...

...maybe we can do it another time.

That's very disappointing.

Wait, wait.

Wait.

Tell me now, please.

You think I don't know

how you suffer?

I do. I know how terrible it is

to love somebody...

...and not be able to confess

your love.

But you can tell me.

Please.

I can't stand it.

I can't stand it anymore.

This is a bad cut.

We'll have to go back.

You've got blood on your face.

You feel cleaner now?

You think I infected you?

Lilith.

I've never been able to do

anything worthwhile in my life.

I wish you would help me to do

just one thing well, honorably.

If you wanna help me, go away.

I can't be saved by honor.

Well, how does everybody

feel today?

You're all so solemn.

Did anything happen today that

somebody would like to talk about?

Doesn't anybody

have anything to say?

Miss Verigold...

...you've just come back to us.

Is there anything you'd like to say?

I'm happy to be back with...

That is so stupid.

- "Marigold."

- Well, I would like to...

Why were you laughing

when Miss Verigold was speaking?

I just think her name is so funny.

Her name is so funny,

it cracks me up.

I have a new understanding now.

Benito, you had something on your

mind you had to tell the whole group.

How about it?

Did you ever see

a dancer that smoked?

I don't want it anymore.

I don't know why.

I was born to do it.

I was born to move.

I was born to be free.

I was born to express, to create.

I got nothing left anymore.

I'm drained.

I know I do...

I know...

Love it.

But it seems to me that

that love that I have I can easily hate.

- Destroy because it possesses me...

- Who gave you the right to destroy?

- Who gave you the right to destroy?

- Nobody gave me the right.

- I chose the right.

- You have no such right.

You have no right to destroy the gift

God gave you. It belongs to us all.

I don't accept that. It's my gift.

- I do with it as I please.

- Who do you think you are?

How dare you take such a prerogative

into your own hands!

- Really?

- Yes! Yes!

- You have no right.

- What do you mean, who am I?

Who are...?

God gave you a great gift.

It was for us that he meant it.

It's for us...

...to judge if you have the right...

- It's not for you to judge anything.

What you lack is a sense of reality.

What's so wonderful about reality?

Why don't you tell me you love me?

Why don't you tell me you want me?

Because I love you.

I can't be saved by honor.

To make you dream.

To make you dream.

To make you dream.

To make you dream.

You call me "Lilith."

Good morning. That was some storm

we had last night. You see any of it?

Yeah. About 3:
00, the shutter

broke loose, woke me up.

I don't think I've seen rain like that.

- I read your report. Did it go well?

- It went pretty well.

You feeling secure about yourself?

I think that was all imagination

or beginner's nerves or something.

Are you still getting a lot of fantasy?

No, I mentioned that in the report.

No personal talk

that I should know about?

- No. No.

- Well, keep in touch with me.

She'd like to go and see that

jousting tournament in Barnesville...

...and I said I'd ask

your permission, so...

Did you ask her yourself?

It just came up. Something we

were talking about. Horses, I think.

All the other OTs have given me such

good reports. I'm pleased about it.

By all means, take her.

Thank you.

It's like another time and place.

- Knights and lances.

- Oh, this is a very old custom.

They brought it here from England.

Except nowadays...

...instead of knocking each other

off horses, we spear that ring.

Really?

I did this before I was in the service,

when I was a kid.

You any good at it?

I'm pretty good.

Candy apples. Candy apples.

Get your candy apples. Fifteen cents.

Candy apples. Fifteen cents.

Get your candy apples.

That doll.

- Which one?

- That one. I want it.

How much are your watermelons?

Twenty-five cents.

The big ones is 25 cents.

- How much is the ice?

- We're not selling the ice, ma'am.

I'd rather have a piece of ice.

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