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CYRANO DE BERGERAC

CYRANO

[vehemently].

Hush!

[CHRISTIAN hat just entered, and mingled with the CADETS, who do not speak to him ; he hat seated himself at a table, where Lisa serves him.]

A CADET

[seated at a table, glau in hand].

Cyrano!

[CYRANO turns round.]

The story !

CYRANO.

In its time

[He got up on LE BRET'S arm. They talk in low voices.]

THE CADET

[rising and coming down].

The story of the fray 'Twill lesson well [He stops before the table where CHRISTIAN is seated.] This timid young apprentice !

CHRISTIAN

[raising his head].

'Prentice ! Who !

ANOTHER CADET.

This sickly Northern greenhorn!