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Desiree is gentle and loving woman who feels no shame about being found abandoned by a stone pillar when she was a baby. she was found by a white woman named madame valmonte. Desiree grew up to be a beautiful young woman who at the age of 18 meets Armand Aubigny. Armand and Desiree fall in love instantly and Desiree’s parents approve of their marriage.
After they get married, Desiree gets pregnant and they are very happy about the baby; or so they thought. when the baby arrived desiree was in shock because the baby was not white. Armond quietly looked through papers and found out that desiree was not white. He immediately did not love her anymore. Desiree send her mom a letter and when she received another it told her to bring the baby to

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