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The Duchesse de Montsorel (alone) Where can I hide the certificate of my son's birth? (She reads) "Valencia. July, 1793. " An unlucky town for me! Fernand was actually born seven months after my marriage, by one of those fatalities that give ground for shameful accusations! I shall ask my aunt to carry the certificate in her pocket, until I can deposit it in some place of safety. The duke would ransack my rooms for it, and the whole police are at his service. Government refuses nothing to a man high in favor. If Joseph saw me going to Mademoiselle de Vaudrey's apartments at this hour, the whole house would hear of it. Ah -- I am alone in the world, alone with all against me, a prisoner in my own house!