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CYRANO DE BERGERAC

SCENE XI

Cyrano, Christian, the Gascons, the Musketeer, Lise.

A Cadet

[half opening the door].

Nought here!... The silence of the grave!

I dare not look..

[He puts hit head in.]

Why?...

All the Cadets

[entering, and seeing CYRANO and CHRISTIAN embracing].

Oh!...

A Cadet.

This passes all!

[Consternation.]

The Musketeer

[mockingly].

Ho, ho!...

Carbon.

Our demon has become a saint ?

Struck on one nostril lo! he turns the other!

Musketeer

Then we may speak about his nose, henceforth!...

[Calling to Lise, boastfully.]

—Ah, Lise, see here!

[Sniffing ostentatiously.]

O heavens!...what a stink!...