Cesar Learns Anna is Robin's Mother
Fascinated with the video picture of a young Robin holding a piece of crystal she found, Cesar instructs Jacques to learn who Robin's parents are, but not to tell Desiree about the inquiry.  However, she manages to get the file from Jacques and goes to share the information with Cesar, who is in the study staring at Robin's picture.  He has noticed that Robin looks like a drawing of Anna, but hasn't yet figured out she's Anna's daughter.

Cesar: "What was all that barking about?" 

Desiree (holding Robin's file): "Apparently the dogs are getting used to their new environment.  No sooner do they rush off into the wood then they come back wagging their tails."  

Cesar (sharply): "What's that in your hand?"

Desiree: "The information you sent Jacques off for."

Cesar (angry): "I had a feeling that you would deliver it."   

Desiree: "Only to protect you."

Cesar: "From what, Desiree?"

Desiree (narrowing her eyes): "I'm not sure."  

Cesar (moving away towards his desk): "The information."

Desiree (opening the file): "The house the little girl lives in is listed under a woman's name, probably her mother.  A Ms. Lavery.  She's a private investigator."

Cesar (puffs thoughtfully on his cigar): "Um.  Interesting."    

Desiree: "I thought you might find it so.  Shall I continue?"

Cesar (annoyed): "Please."

Desiree: "She's British by birth, but raised in Canada..."

Cesar (gets up and becomes very interested): "Go on."  (He moves over to the tv whose screen is frozen on the image of Robin holding the crystal and stares at it.)

Desiree (noticing his reaction to the news): "The deed is in her husband's name, a Scotsman, who I remember reading about.  He testified against an American large crime syndicate and as a result he died."  

Cesar: "Was this, do you know by any chance, a second marriage for her?" 

Desiree: "I don't know that.  But I do know that her name is...."

Cesar (interrupts, pleased with the news): "Anna."

Desiree (immediately jealous, she slams the file shut): "You know her?"  

Cesar: "Oh yes."

Desiree: "Well?"  (She grips the file in anger.)

Cesar: "Very well.  Anna....."  (He stares off in space, smiling slightly in rememberance.)

Desiree (bending the file now, getting even more jealous): "I don't like how you say that."  

Cesar (doesn't even notice Desiree's presence): "Anna...."

Desiree: "Or the look when you say that."

Cesar: "Anna Devane."

Desiree: "Well, before I decide how to get rid of her.." (She touches his shoulder, causing him to realize she's still there)  "...tell me more about her."

Cesar: "Oh dear." 

Desiree: "Do I have reason to be jealous?"

Cesar: "There's so much to tell."

Desiree: "Then why haven't you told me about her before?"

Cesar (goes over to his desk and pics up his latest book, which has a drawing of Anna on the cover):  "But I have. The whole world knows Anna Devane.  She's in every book I've written."

Desiree (finally understanding): "Davnee."  

Cesar (softly): "Just another way to say Anna Devane, the woman I've written about, my inspiration."

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