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The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts by Honoré de Balzac
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Gertrude
No, sir.

The Magistrate
You can then show us the package sent by M. Baudrillon; it should have
his label, and if he acknowledges that it is entire and unbroken, the
serious charges made against your foreman will in part be disproved.
We shall then have nothing more to do than to receive the report of
the physician who held the autopsy.

Gertrude
The package, sir, has never been taken from the desk in my bedroom.
(Exit.)

Champagne
Ah! General, I am saved.

The General
Poor old Champagne!

Ramel
General, we shall be very happy if we have to announce the innocence
of your foreman; unlike you soldiers, we are always delighted to be
beaten.

Gertrude (returning)
Here it is, gentlemen.

(The Magistrate, Baudrillon and Ramel examine the package.)
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