Grusha desperately attempts to hide a noble-born infant from pursuing soldiers by convincing a peasant woman to claim the child as her own. When the Ironshirts arrive, the peasant woman's fear leads her to betray Grusha, forcing Grusha to make a final, dangerous stand to protect the baby from the Corporal.
GRUSHA: Hide him. Quick! The Ironshirts are coming! I laid him on your doorstep. But he isn't mine. He's from a good family.
PEASANT WOMAN: Who's coming? What Ironshirts?
GRUSHA: Don't ask questions. The Ironshirts that are looking for it.
PEASANT WOMAN: They've no business in my house. But I must h
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