CYRANO DE BERGERAC
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Cyrano
[laughing].
Hollo there! Silence! We rehearse! We go!
[He moves away. By the big door enter Cuigy, Brissaille, and some Officers, holding up Lignière, who is drunk.]
Cuigy.
Cyrano!
Cyrano.
Cyrano! Well, what now?
Cuigy.
Cyrano! Well, what now? A lusty thrush
They're bringing you!
Cyrano
[recognising him].
They’re bringing you! Lignière!… What has chanced!
Cuigy.
He seeks you!
Brissaille.
He seeks you! He dare not go home!
Cyrano.
He seeks you! He dare not go home! Why not?
Lignière
[in a husky voice, showing him a crumpled letter].
This letter warns me… that a hundred men…
Revenge that threatens me,… that song, you know—
At the Porte de Nesle. To get to my own house
I must pass there…. I dare not!… Give me leave
To sleep to-night beneath your roof! Allow…
