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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
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Roxane.

Whither go you ?

De guiche.

To the war.

Roxane.

Ah!

De guiche.

Ay, to-night.

Roxane.

Oh!

De guiche.

I am ordered away. We are to besiege Arras

Roxane.

Ah - to besiege ? . . .

De guiche.

Ay. My going moves you not, meseems.

Roxane.

Nay . . .

De guiche.

I am grieved to the core of the heart. Shall I again behold you ? . . . When ? I know not. Heard you that I am named commander ? . . .

Roxane

[indifferently],

Bravo !

De guiche.

Of the Guards regiment