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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
All
[rushing to the two new-comers].
Well! what have you brought?—a pheasant?—a carp?—Come, show us quick!
The Angler.
A gudgeon!
The Sportsman.
A sparrow!
All together
[beside themselves].
'Tis more than can be borne? We will mutiny!
Carbon.
Cyrano! come to my help.
[The daylight hat now come.]
SCENE III
The Same. Cyrano.
Cyrano
[appearing from the tent, very calm, with a pen stuck behind his ear and a book in his hand].
What is wrong?
[Silence.]
[To the First Cadet.]
Why drag you your legs so sorrowfully?
The Cadet.
I have something in my heels which weighs them down.
