CYRANO DE BERGERAC
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All.
To the Porte de Nesle!
Cyrano
[standing on the threshold].
To the Porte de Nesle! Ay, to the Port de Nesle!
[Turning to the Actress.]
Did you not ask, young lady, for what cause
Against this rhymer fivescore men were sent?
[He draws his sword; then, calmly].
'Twas that they knew him for a friend of mine!
[He goes out. Lignière staggers first after him, then the Actresses on the Officers' arms—the Actors. The procession starts to the sound of the violins and in the faint light of the candles.]
Curtain.
