CYRANO DE BERGERAC
101
Roxane.
Ah! Think how I
Trembled for him!
Cyrano
[between his teeth].
Not causelessly!
Roxane.
But when
Last night I saw you,—brave, invincible,—
Punish that dandy, fearless hold your own
Against those brutes, I thought—I thought, if he
Whom all fear, all—if he would only . . .
Cyrano.
Good.
I will befriend your little Baron.
Roxane.
Ah!
You'll promise me you will do this for me?
I've always held you as a tender friend.
Cyrano.
Ay, ay.
Roxane.
Then you will be his friend?
Cyrano.
I swear!