Hermione, Maxillius and ladies appear. The ladies take the young boy for a while as Hermione, big with her pregnancy, paces. The queen returns to her son and they settle down on the ground as he begins to whisper a story into her ear. Leontes, Antigonus, one of his lords, and additional lords enter. One of the lords is telling Leontes and Antigonus that he saw Polixenes and Camillo run off together. Leontes is angry that his confidant duped him. He looks down at his wife, ordering her to hand Maxillius over. Satisfied that his young son shares enough of his physical characteristics, but the uncertainty of the unborn child causes him to announce that the baby she carries is Polixenes.' As per the king's orders, the ladies take the boy.....
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