I was going through the archives of this group and noticed someone
once asked about the significance of Verdoux drinking the rum in his
cell prior to his execution. I was wondering about another scene which
I can't quite figure out.
When Verdoux asks the girl (Marilyn Nash) up to his place before
aborting his murder attempt on her, he cooks her scrambled eggs and
toast. When he lays out the food in his small kitchen, he glances at
the toast and hesitates before serving it to her. Then he returns and
gets the toast and then lays it before her. Is there any significance
why he delays serving the girl the toast? The only thing I can think
of it because bread might soak up the poison in her stomach, thus
delaying the inevitable reaction?
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