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CHRISTIAN:   No!

CYRANO:   Why?

CHRISTIAN:   I will wait for Roxane here。

CYRANO:   How?  Crazy?   Come quick with me and learn。 。 。

CHRISTIAN:   No; no!  I say。   I am aweary of these borrowed letters;   Borrowed love…makings!  Thus to act a part;   And tremble all the time!'Twas well enough   At the beginning!Now I know she loves!   I fear no longer!I will speak myself。

CYRANO:   Mercy!

CHRISTIAN:   And how know you I cannot speak?   I am not such a fool when all is said!   I've by your lessons profited。  You'll see   I shall know how to speak alone!  The devil!   I know at least to clasp her in my arms! (Seeing Roxane come out from Clomire's house):   It is she!  Cyrano; no!Leave me not!

CYRANO (bowing):   Speak for yourself; my friend; and take your chance。

(He disappears behind the garden wall。)



Scene 3。V。

Christian; Roxane; the duenna。

ROXANE (coming out of Clomire's house; with a company of friends; whom she leaves。  Bows and good…byes):   Barthenoide!Alcandre!Gremione!

THE DUENNA (bitterly disappointed):   We've missed the speech upon the Tender Passion!

(Goes into Roxane's house。)

ROXANE (still bowing):   Urimedonteadieu! (All bow to Roxane and to each other; and then separate; going up different streets。  Roxane suddenly seeing Christian):   You! (She goes to him):   Evening falls。   Let's sit。  Speak on。  I listen。

CHRISTIAN (sits by her on the bench。  A silence):   Oh!  I love you!

ROXANE (shutting her eyes):   Ay; speak to me of love。

CHRISTIAN:   I love thee!

ROXANE:   That's   The theme!  But vary it。

CHRISTIAN:   I。 。 。

ROXANE:   Vary it!

CHRISTIAN:   I love you so!

ROXANE:   Oh! without doubt!and then?。 。 。

CHRISTIAN:   And thenI should beoh!so gladso glad   If you would love me!Roxane; tell me so!

ROXANE (with a little grimace):   I hoped for cream;you give me gruel!  Say   How love possesses you?

CHRISTIAN:   Oh utterly!

ROXANE:   Come; come!。 。 。unknot those tangled sentiments!

CHRISTIAN:   Your throat I'd kiss it!

ROXANE:   Christian!

CHRISTIAN:   I love thee!

ROXANE (half…rising):   Again!

CHRISTIAN (eagerly; detaining her):   No; no!  I love thee not!

ROXANE (reseating herself):   'Tis well!

CHRISTIAN:   But I adore thee!

ROXANE (rising; and going further off):   Oh!

CHRISTIAN:   I am grown stupid!

ROXANE (dryly):   And that displeases me; almost as much   As 'twould displease me if you grew ill…favored。

CHRISTIAN:   But。 。 。

ROXANE:   Rally your poor eloquence that's flown!

CHRISTIAN:   I。 。 。

ROXANE:   Yes; you love me; that I know。  Adieu。

(She goes toward her house。)

CHRISTIAN:   Oh; go not yet!  I'd tell you

ROXANE (opening the door):   You adore me?   I've heard it very oft。  No!Go away!

CHRISTIAN:   But I would fain。 。 。

(She shuts the door in his face。)

CYRANO (who has re…entered unseen):   I' faith!  It is successful!



Scene 3。VI。

Christian; Cyrano; two pages。

CHRISTIAN:   Come to my aid!

CYRANO:   Not I!

CHRISTIAN:   But I shall die;   Unless at once I win back her fair favor。

CYRANO:   And how can I; at once; i' th' devil's name;   Lesson you in。 。 。

CHRISTIAN (seizing his arm):   Oh; she is there!

(The window of the balcony is now lighted up。)

CYRANO (moved):   Her window!

CHRISTIAN:   Oh!  I shall die!

CYRANO:   Speak lower!

CHRISTIAN (in a whisper):   I shall die!

CYRANO:   The night is dark。 。 。

CHRISTIAN:   Well!

CYRANO:   All can be repaired。   Although you merit not。  Stand there; poor wretch!   Fronting the balcony!  I'll go beneath   And prompt your words to you。 。 。

CHRISTIAN:   But。 。 。

CYRANO:   Hold your tongue!

THE PAGES (reappearing at backto Cyrano):   Ho!

CYRANO:   Hush!

(He signs to them to speak softly。)

FIRST PAGE (in a low voice):   We've played the serenade you bade    To Montfleury!

CYRANO (quickly; in a low voice):   Go! lurk in ambush there;   One at this street corner; and one at that;   And if a passer…by should here intrude;   Play you a tune!

SECOND PAGE:   What tune; Sir Gassendist?

CYRANO:   Gay; if a woman comes;for a man; sad! (The pages disappear; one at each street corner。  To Christian):   Call her!

CHRISTIAN:   Roxane!

CYRANO (picking up stones and throwing them at the window):   Some pebbles! wait awhile!

ROXANE (half…opening the casement):   Who calls me?

CHRISTIAN:   I!

ROXANE:   Who's that?

CHRISTIAN:   Christian!

ROXANE (disdainfully):   Oh! you?

CHRISTIAN:   I would speak with you。

CYRANO (under the balconyto Christian):   Good。  Speak soft and low。

ROXANE:   No; you speak stupidly!

CHRISTIAN:   Oh; pity me!

ROXANE:   No! you love me no more!

CHRISTIAN (prompted by Cyrano):   You sayGreat Heaven!   I love no more?whenIlove more and more!

ROXANE (who was about to shut the casement; pausing):   Hold! 'tis a trifle better! ay; a trifle!

CHRISTIAN (same play):   Love grew apace; rocked by the anxious beating。 。 。   Of this poor heart; which the cruel wanton boy。 。 。   Took for a cradle!

ROXANE (coming out on to the balcony):   That is better!  But   An if you deem that Cupid be so cruel   You should have stifled baby…love in's cradle!

CHRISTIAN (same play):   Ah; Madame; I assayed; but all in vain   This。 。 。new…born babe is a young。 。 。Hercules!

ROXANE:   Still better!

CHRISTIAN (same play):   Thus he strangled in my heart   The。 。 。serpents twain; of。 。 。Pride。 。 。and Doubt!

ROXANE (leaning over the balcony):   Well said!   But why so faltering?  Has mental palsy   Seized on your faculty imaginative?

CYRANO (drawing Christian under the balcony; and slipping into his place):   Give place!  This waxes critical!。 。 。

ROXANE:   To…day。 。 。   Your words are hesitating。

CYRANO (imitating Christianin a whisper):   Night has come。 。 。   In the dusk they grope their way to find your ear。

ROXANE:   But my words find no such impediment。

CYRANO:   They find their way at once?  Small wonder that!   For 'tis within my heart they find their home;   Bethink how large my heart; how small your ear!   And;from fair heights descending; words fall fast;   But mine must mount; Madame; and that takes time!

ROXANE:   Meseems that your last words have learned to climb。

CYRANO:   With practice such gymnastic grows less hard!

ROXANE:   In truth; I seem to speak from distant heights!

CYRANO:   True; far above; at such a height 'twere death   If a hard word from you fell on my heart。

ROXANE (moving):   I will come down。 。 。

CYRANO (hastily):   No!

ROXANE (showing him the bench under the balcony):   Mount then on the bench!

CYRANO (starting back alarmed):   No!

ROXANE:   How; you will not?

CYRANO (more and more moved):   Stay awhile!  'Tis sweet;。 。 。   The rare occasion; when our hearts can speak   Our selves unseen; unseeing!

ROXANE:   Whyunseen?

CYRANO:   Ay; it is sweet!  Half hidden;half revealed   You see the dark folds of my shrouding cloak;   And I; the glimmering whiteness of your dress:   I but a shadowyou a radiance fair!   Know you what such a moment holds for me?   If ever I were eloquent。 。 。

ROXANE:   You were!

CYRANO:   Yet never till to…night my speech has sprung   Straight from my heart as now it springs。

ROXANE:   Why not?

CYRANO:   Till now I spoke haphazard。 。 。

ROXANE:   What?

CYRANO:   Your eyes   Have beams that turn men dizzy!But to…night   Methinks I shall find speech for the first time!

ROXANE:   'Tis true; your voice rings with a tone that's new。

CYRANO (coming nearer; passionately):   Ay; a new tone!  In the tender; sheltering dusk   I dare to be myself for once;at last! (He stops; falters):   What say I? I know not!Oh; pardon me   It thrills me;'tis so sweet; so novel。 。 。

ROXANE:   How?   So novel?

CYRANO (off his balance; trying to find the thread of his sentence):   Ay;to be at last sincere;   Till now; my chilled heart; fearing to be mocked。 。 。

ROXANE:   Mocked; and for what?

CYRANO:   For its mad beating!Ay;   My heart has clothed itself with witty words;   To shroud itself from curious eyes:impelled   At times to aim at a star; I stay my hand;   And; fearing ridicule;cull a wild flower!

ROXAN

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