He hung this on the wall next to The Wages of Sin, a pedestal table dripping with candles in rainbow hues, as though audiences were standing before a holy shrine at mass, a nod to his Catholic upbringing.

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Gore's favorite was her description of an elegant family dinner table in Mississippi with much lace and candles and crystal and the elderly matriarch -- bedecked in rich brocade and a jeweled tiara -- making her way unsteadily to the table after a touch or two of bourbon and Seconal upstairs.

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At one point, the table iPads unexpectedly play an image of flickering candles as the carriages pass through a tunnel.

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Louis XVI dining chairs from the 18th century encircle a stone table with a recessed bowl in the middle where candles float.

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