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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Roxane
[who hears them whispering].
The Sister would convert you?
Roxane.
Nay, not I!
Cyrano.
Hold! but it's true! You preach to me no more,
You, once so glib with holy words! I am
Astonished!…
[With burlesque fury.]
Stay, I will surprise you too!
Hark! I permit you…
[He pretends to be seeking for something to tease her with, and to have found it].
…It is something new!—
To—pray for me, to-night, at chapel-time!
Roxane.
Oh! oh!
Cyrano
[laughing].
Good Sister Martha is struck dumb!
Sister Martha
[gently].
I did not wait your leave to pray for you.
[She goes out.]
Cyrano
[turning to Roxane, who is still bending over her work].
That tapestry! Beshrew me if my eyes
Will ever see it finished!
