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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
The Pit.
To come each night, and stop Clorise, Sir! Ho!…
Ho! ho!…
Jodelet.
Ho! ho!… E'en if you chase us in a pack!…
Bellerose.
Clear out the hall!…
Jodelet.
Clear out the hall!… Get you all gone at once!
[The people begin to go out, while Cyrano looks on with satisfaction. But the crowd soon stop on hearing the following scene, and remain where they are. The women, who, with their mantles on, are already standing up in the boxes, stop to listen, and finally reseat themselves.]
Le Bret
[to Cyrano].
'Tis mad!…
A Bore
[coming up to Cyrano].
’Tis mad!… The actor Montfleury! 'Tis shameful!
Why, he's protected by the Duke of Candal!
Have you a patron?
Cyrano.
Have you a patron? No!
The Bore.
Have you a patron? No! No patron?…
Cyrano.
Have you a patron? No! No patron?… None!
