CYRANO DE BERGERAC
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Christian
[in a choked voice].
Are you content at last? Ay!…
Roxane.
Are you content at last? Ay!… What is wrong?
Christian
[gently pushing her away].
Nothing…. I have two words to say:—one second…
Roxane
But?…
Christian
[pointing to the Cadets].
Those poor fellows, shortly doomed to death,—
My love deprives them of the sight of you:
Go,—speak to them, smile on them ere they die!
Roxane
[deeply affected].
Dear Christian!…
[She goes up to the Cadets, who respectfully crowd round her.]
SCENE IX
Christian, Cyrano. At back Roxane talking to Carbon and some Cadets.
Christian
[calling towards Cyrano's tent].
Dear Christian!… Cyrano!
