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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Roxane.
I will not go! I am reckless now, and I shall not stir from here!—Besides, 'tis amusing!
Cyrano.
Oh-ho! So our précieuse is a heroine!
Roxane.
Monsieur de Bergerac, I am your cousin.
A Cadet.
We will defend you well!
Roxane
[more and more excited].
I have no fear of that, my friends!
Another
[in ecstasy].
The whole camp smells sweet of orris-root!
Roxane.
And, by good luck, I have chosen a hat that will suit well with the battle-field!
[Looking at De Guiche.]
But were it not wisest that the Count retire? They may begin the attack.
De Guiche.
That is not to be brooked! I go to inspect the cannon, and shall return. You have still time—think better of it!
Roxane.
Never!
[De Guiche goes out.]
