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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
SCENE VII
Cyrano, Le Bret. Then Actors, Actresses, Cuigy, Brisaille, Lignière, the Porter, the Violinists.
Cyrano
[falling into Le Bret's arms].
A rendezvous… from her!…
Le Bret.
A rendezvous… from her!… You're sad no more!
Cyrano.
Ah! let the world go burn! She knows I live!
Le Bret.
Now you'll be calm, I hope?
Cyrano
[beside himself for joy].
Now you’ll be calm, I hope? Calm? I now calm?
I'll be frenetic, frantic,—raving mad!
Oh for an army to attack!—a host!
I've ten hearts in my breast; a score of arms;
No dwarfs to cleave in twain!…
[Wildly.]
No dwarfs to cleave in twain!… No! Giants now!
[For a few moments the shadows of the Actors have been moving on the stage, whispers are heard—the rehearsal is beginning. The Violinists are in their places.]
A Voice from the Stage.
Hollo there! Silence! We rehearse!
