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. God grant you a happy delivery.

. That's the question, as Hamlet says.

. Couldn't you cast it into the literary foundling hospital of anonymity?

. Don Julian, I am a man of conscience. Good or bad, my children are legitimate. They bear my name.

. [Preparing to go.] I have nothing more to say. What must be done will be done.

. I wish it were so. Unfortunately, it is not done. But no matter; if I don't do it, somebody else will.

. Then to work, and good luck, and may nobody rob you of your laurels.

SCENE III

Ernest, Don Julian, and Teodora.

. [Outside.] Julian, Julian!

. It's Teodora.

. Are you there, Julian?

. [Going to the door.] Yes, I'm here. Come in.

. [Entering.] Good-evening, Ernest.

. Good-evening, Teodora. Was the singing good?

. As usual; and have you been working much?

. As usual; nothing.

. Then you'd have done better to come with us. They all asked after you.

. It seems that everybody is interested in me. 11