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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
The Pit.
Felt… Coward! …was obliged to go. Come back!
Some.
No!
Other.
No! Yes!
A Young Man
[to Cyrano].
No! Yes! But pray, Sir, for what reason, say,
Hate you Montfleury?
Cyrano
[graciously, still seated].
Hate you Montfleury? Youthful gander, know
I have two reasons,—either will suffice.
Primo. An actor villainous! who mouths,
And heaves up like a bucket from a well
The verses that should, bird-like, fly! Secundo—
That is my secret…
The Old Bourgeois
[behind him].
That is my secret… Shameful! You deprive us
Of the Clorise! I must insist…
Cyrano
[turning his chair towards the Bourgeois, respectfully].
Of the Clorise! I must insist… Old mule!
The verses of old Baro are not worth
A doit! I'm glad to interrupt…
