What did the Bishop mean by his "last remittance"?
In the scene with Bishop Lilliman from V for Vendetta, the Bishop says to his assistant:
It wasn't labor that I was speaking of, but rather my final remittance. My last little joy.
Right before the scene with Evey dressed as a schoolgirl. Yet, why was he speaking of his next lewd act as his final? Did I miss something, or was something cut from the script?
I know we, the viewers, are aware it's about to be his last anything, but why did the Bishop use this phrase? Is it related to why V's plans "accelerated"?
Best Answer
You misunderstand: He doesn't mean that it will be "the last time he will do something fun" (and after that he will be living a joyless life) but "the last thing that gives him joy", the "only little source of pleasure that he allows himself to have" (because he is so committed to his work).
More obvious example would be saying something like "My dog is my last joy" or "Tom is my last high school friend" - it doesn't mean that I'll see my dog for the last time after today or that Tom will die, but that besides playing with my dog my life is joyless and that you don't have other friends (because i.e. you've lost contact with them) from high school than Tom.
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