CYRANO DE BERGERAC
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Cyrano.
To madness! Ay! and worse!
Christian.
To madness! Ay! and worse! Then tell her so!
Cyrano.
No!
Christian.
No! And why not!
Cyrano.
No! And why not! Look at my face!—be answered!
Christian.
She'd love me—were I ugly.
Cyrano.
She’d love me—were I ugly. Said she so?
Christian.
Ay! in those words!
Cyrano.
Ay! in those words! I'm glad she told you that!
But pooh!—believe it not! I am well pleased
She thought to tell you. Take it not for truth.
Never grow ugly:—she'd reproach me then!
Christian.
That I intend discovering!
Cyrano.
That I intend discovering! No! I beg!
Christian.
Ay! she shall choose between us!—Tell her all!
