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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
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Second Page

[calling up to others in the top galleries].

You there! Have you peashooters?

Third Page

[from above].

Ay have we, and peas withal!

[He blows, and peppers them with peas.]

The Young Man

[to his father].

What piece do they give us?

The Burgher.

Clorise.

The Young Man.

Who may the author be?

The Burgher.

Master Balthazar Baro. It is a play!…

[He goes up arm-in-arm with his son.]

The Pickpocket

[to his Pupils].

Have a care above all of the lace knee-ruffles—cut them off!

A Spectator

[to another, showing him a corner in the gallery].

I was up there, the first night of the Cid.

The Pickpocket

[making with his fingers the gesture of filching].

Thus for watches—