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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Cyrano.
By a bold, unwelcome visitor.
Roxane.
[absently, working].
Some creditor?
Cyrano.
Some creditor?Ay, cousin,—the last creditor
Who has a debt to claim from me.
Roxane.
And you
Have paid it?
Cyrano.
Have paid it?No, not yet! I put it off;
—Said, 'Cry you mercy; this is Saturday,
When I have got a standing rendezvous
That nought defers. Call in an hour's time!'
Roxane.
[carelessly].
Oh, well, a creditor can always wait!
I shall not let you go ere twilight falls.
Cyrano.
Haply perforce I quit you ere it falls!
[He shuts his eyes, and is silent for a moment. Sister Martha crosses the park from the chapel to the flight of steps. Roxane, seeing her, signs to her to approach.]
Roxane.
[to Cyrano].
How now? You have not teased the Sister?
