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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Roxane
[detaining him].
But, Roxane, hark, they fight! Stay yet a while.
For he is dead. You knew him, you alone.
[Weeping quietly.]
Ah, was not his a beauteous soul, a soul
Wondrous!
Cyrano
[standing up—bareheaded].
Wondrous! Ay, Roxane.
Roxane.
Wondrous! Ay, Roxane. An inspired poet?
Cyrano.
Ay, Roxane.
Roxane.
Ay, Roxane. And a mind sublime?
Cyrano.
Ay, Roxane. And a mind sublime? Oh yes.
Roxane.
A heart too deep for common minds to plumb,
A spirit subtle, charming?
Cyrano
[firmly].
A spirit subtle, charming? Ay, Roxane.
Roxane
[flinging herself on the dead body].
Dead, my love!
