 quote, you've won your case, is overheard by the count, who realizes he has been tricked and is furious to think that Figaro can enjoy what is not available to himself. Advised by Don Curcio, he decrees as the ruling lord that Figaro must pay up or marry Marcellina. But it now becomes clear that Figaro, a foundling, is in fact Marcellina's long-lost son. Further, Bartolo is his father.