CYRANO DE BERGERAC
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Mother Marguerite.
Monsieur le Bret.
Sister Martha.
None help him?
Mother Marguerite.
He permits not.
[In an alley at the back Roxane appears, dressed in black with a widow's coif and veil. De Guiche, imposing-looking and visibly aged, walks by her side. They saunter slowly. Mother Marguerite rises.]
'Tis time we go in; Madame Madeleine
Walks in the garden with a visitor.
Sister Martha.
[to Sister Claire, in a low voice].
The Marshal of Grammont?
Sister Claire.
[looking at him].
'Tis he, I think.
Sister Martha.
Tis many months now since he came to see her.
The Sisters.
He is so busy!—The Court,—the camp!…
Sister Claire.
The world!
[They go out. De Guiche and Roxane come forward in silence, and stop close to the embroidery frame.]
