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(_The Marquis_ DE LA MISE-EN-SCENE _is discovered writing at a little inlaid table. He is about 42 years of age, and looks worse than that. He believes himself to be alone in the room, when he is somewhat suddenly addressed from the open door by the Duchess_ DE LA TOUR-DE-FORCE_, who has just entered. She is a woman of about 55, somewhat too commanding. The place is Versailles, and the time is 1753._)
THE DUCHESS DE LA TOUR-DE-FORCE. What are you doing, Monsieur de la Mise-en-Scene?