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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
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Christian.
Good—I fly! Ah, the scoundrels! A hundred men 'gainst one! [Looking lovingly at Roxane.] Ah, to leave her!… [looking with rage at Valvert] and him!… But save Lignière I must!
[He hurries out. De Guiche, the Viscount, the Marquises, have all disappeared behind the curtain to take their places on the benches placed on the stage. The pit is quite full; the galleries and boxes are also crowded.]
The Audience.
Begin!
A Burgher
[whose wig is drawn up on the end of a string by a Page in the upper gallery].
My wig!
Cries of delight.
He is bald! Bravo, pages—ha! ha! ha!…
The Burgher
[furious, shaking his fist].
Young villain!
Laughter and Cries
[beginning very loud, and dying gradually away].
Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!
[Total silence.]
Le Bret
[astonished].
What means this sudden silence?… [A Spectator says something to him in a low voice.] Is't true?
