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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Different Voices.
Hey?—What?—What is't?…
[The people stand up in the boxes to look.]
Cuigy.
'Tis he!
Le Bret
[terrified].
Cyrano!
The Voice.
King of clowns! Leave the stage this instant!
All The Audience
[indignantly].
Oh!
Montfleury.
But…
The Voice.
Do you dare defy me?
Different Voices
[from the pit and the boxes].
Peace! Enough!—Play on, Montfleury—fear nothing!
Montfleury
[In a trembling voice].
'Heureux qui loin des cours, dans un lieu sol
The Voice
[more fiercely].
Well! Chief of all the blackguards, must I come and give you a taste of my cane?
[A hand holding a cane starts up over the heads of the spectators.]
