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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
51
The Viscount.
And touch you at the final line. No!
Cyrano.
And touch you at the final line. No! No?
[declaiming].
The duel in Hotel of Burgundy,—fought
By De Bergerac and a good-for-nought!
The Viscount.
What may that be, an if you please?
Cyrano.
What may that be, an if you please? The title.
The House.
[in great excitement].
Give room!—Good sport!—Make place.—Fair play!—No noise!
[Tableau. A circle of curious spectators in the pit; the Marquises and Officers mingled with the common people; the Pages climbing on each other's shoulders to see better. All the women standing up in the boxes. To the right, De Guiche and his retinue. Left, Le Bret, Ragueneau, Cyrano, etc.]
Cyrano
[shutting his eyes for a second].
Wait while I choose my rhymes…. I have them now!
[He suits the action to each word.]
I gaily doff my beaver low,
And, freeing hand and heel,
