out sequence near the beginning had Somerset looking over  the country home hes planning on moving into. He uses his  switchblade to cut loose a rose on a fragment of silk wallpaper and  carries it with him throughout the movie. The rose falls out of his  jacket as he is taking off his gun before eating with the Mills  family. (This touch was edited out, too. Both sequences are in the  supplementary section of the Criterion laserdisc.) The rose is  briefly visible in the opening scene, sitting atop a handkerchief on  Somersets dresser.