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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
SCENE XI
Cyrano, Christian, the Gascons, the Musketeer, Lise.
A Cadet
[half opening the door].
Nought here!... The silence of the grave!
I dare not look..
[He puts hit head in.]
Why?...
All the Cadets
[entering, and seeing CYRANO and CHRISTIAN embracing].
Oh!...
A Cadet.
This passes all!
[Consternation.]
The Musketeer
[mockingly].
Ho, ho!...
Carbon.
Our demon has become a saint ?
Struck on one nostril lo! he turns the other!
Musketeer
Then we may speak about his nose, henceforth!...
[Calling to Lise, boastfully.]
—Ah, Lise, see here!
[Sniffing ostentatiously.]
O heavens!...what a stink!...