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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
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Roxane
[coming out on to the balcony].
That is better ! But
An if you deem that Cupid be so cruel
You should have stifled baby -love in's cradle !
Christian
[same play].
Ah, Madame, I assayed, but all in vain
This . . . new-born babe is a young . . . Hercules !
Roxane.
Still better !
Christian
[same play].
Thus he strangled in my heart
The . . . serpents twain, of ... Pride . . . and Doubt !
Roxane
[leaning over the balcony].
Well said !
- But why so faltering ? Has mental palsy
Seized on your faculty imaginative ?
Cyrano
[drawing Christian under the balcony, and slipping into his place].
Give place ! This waxes critical ! . .
Roxane.
To-day . .
Your words are hesitating.
