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Whom scowling husbands quake to see。 Blow�察 �'taratara��' and cry
'Cuckoo。' What�察�ho� �Cadets of Gascony� �Husbands and lovers are
game for you� �
DE GUICHE ��seated with haughty carelessness in an armchair brought
quickly by Ragueneau���此 �A poet� �'Tis the fashion of the hour� �Will
you be mine�拭�
CYRANO�此 �No�察�Sir��no man's� �
DE GUICHE�此 �Last night Your fancy pleased my uncle Richelieu。
I'll gladly say a word to him for you。
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LE BRET ��overjoyed���此 �Great Heavens� �
DE GUICHE�此 �I imagine you have rhymed Five acts�察�or so�拭�
LE BRET ��in Cyrano's ear���此 �Your play��your 'Agrippine��' You'll
see it staged at last� �
DE GUICHE�此 �Take them to him。
CYRANO ��beginning to be tempted and attracted���此 �In sooth��I
would。 。 。
DE GUICHE�此 �He is a critic skilled�此 �He may correct a line or two�察�
at most。
CYRANO ��whose face stiffens at once���此 �Impossible� �My blood
congeals to think That other hand should change a comma's dot。
DE GUICHE�此 �But when a verse approves itself to him He pays
it dear�察�good friend。
CYRANO�此 �He pays less dear Than I myself�察 �when a verse
pleases me I pay myself�察�and sing it to myself� �
DE GUICHE�此 �You are proud。
CYRANO�此 �Really�拭 �You have noticed that�拭�
A CADET ��entering�察�with a string of old battered plumed beaver hats�察�
full of holes�察�slung on his sword���此 �See�察�Cyrano��this morning�察�on the
quay What strange bright´feathered game we caught� �The hats O'
the fugitives。 。 。
CARBON�此 �'Spolia opima��'
ALL ��laughing���此 �Ah� �ah� �ah� �
CUIGY�此 �He who laid that ambush�察�'faith� �Must curse and swear� �
BRISSAILLE�此 �Who was it�拭�
DE GUICHE�此 �I myself。 ��The laughter stops���此 �I charged them
work too dirty for my sword�察 �To punish and chastise a rhymster sot。
��Constrained silence。��
The CADET ��in a low voice�察 �to Cyrano�察 �showing him the beavers���此�
What do with them�拭 �They're full of grease��a stew�拭�
CYRANO ��taking the sword and�察�with a salute�察�dropping the hats at
De Guiche's feet���此 �Sir�察�pray be good enough to render them Back to
your friends。
DE GUICHE ��rising�察 �sharply���此 �My chair therequick��I go� 。�To
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Cyrano passionately���此 �As to you�察�sirrah� � 。 。
VOICE ��in the street���此 �Porters for my lord De Guiche� �
DE GUICHE ��who has controlled himselfsmiling���此 �Have you read
'Don Quixote'�拭�
CYRANO�此 �I have� �And doff my hat at th' mad knight´errant's
name。
DE GUICHE�此 �I counsel you to study。 。 。
A PORTER ��appearing at back���此 �My lord's chair� �
DE GUICHE�此 � 。 。The windmill chapter� �
CYRANO ��bowing���此 �Chapter the Thirteenth。
DE GUICHE�此 �For when one tilts 'gainst windmillsit may
chance。 。 。
CYRANO�此 �Tilt I 'gainst those who change with every breeze�拭�
DE GUICHE�此 � 。 。That windmill sails may sweep you with their
arm Downin the mire� � 。 。
CYRANO�此 �Or upwardto the stars� �
��De Guiche goes out�察�and mounts into his chair。 The other lords go
away whispering together。 Le Bret goes to the door with them。 The
crowd disperses。��
SCENE 2。VIII。
Cyrano�察�Le Bret�察�the cadets�察�who are eating and drinking at the tables
right and left。
CYRANO ��bowing mockingly to those who go out without daring to
salute him���此 �Gentlemen。 。 。Gentlemen。 。 。
LE BRET ��coming back�察�despairingly���此 �Here's a fine coil� �
CYRANO�此 �Oh� �scold away� �
LE BRET�此 �At least�察 �you will agree That to annihilate each
chance of Fate Exaggerates。 。 。
CYRANO�此 �Yes��I exaggerate� �
LE BRET ��triumphantly���此 �Ah� �
CYRANO�此 �But for principleexample too�察 �I think 'tis well
thus to exaggerate。
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LE BRET�此 �Oh� �lay aside that pride of musketeer�察 �Fortune and
glory wait you� � 。 。
CYRANO�此 �Ay�察�and then�拭� 。 。 Seek a protector�察�choose a patron
out�察 �And like the crawling ivy round a tree That licks the bark to
gain the trunk's support�察 �Climb high by creeping ruse instead of force�拭�
No�察 �grammercy� �What� �I�察 �like all the rest Dedicate verse to
bankers��play buffoon In cringing hope to see�察�at last�察�a smile Not
disapproving�察 �on a patron's lips�拭 �Grammercy�察 �no� �What� �learn to
swallow toads�拭 �With frame aweary climbing stairs��a skin Grown
grimed and horny��here�察�about the knees�拭 �And�察�acrobat´like�察�teach my
back to bend�拭 �No�察�grammercy� �Or��double´faced and sly Run
with the hare�察�while hunting with the hounds�察 �And�察�oily´tongued�察�to win
the oil of praise�察 �Flatter the great man to his very nose�拭 �No�察�
grammercy� �Steal soft from lap to lap�察 �A little great man in a circle
small�察 �Or navigate�察�with madrigals for sails�察 �Blown gently windward
by old ladies' sighs�拭 �No�察 �grammercy� �Bribe kindly editors To
spread abroad my verses�拭 �Grammercy� �Or try to be elected as the
pope Of tavern´councils held by imbeciles�拭 �No�察�grammercy� �Toil
to gain reputation By one small sonnet�察�'stead of making many�拭 �No�察�
grammercy� �Or flatter sorry bunglers�拭 �Be terrorized by every prating
paper�拭 �Say ceaselessly�察�'Oh�察�had I but the chance Of a fair notice in
the ;Mercury;��' Grammercy�察�no� �Grow pale�察�fear�察�calculate�拭 �Prefer
to make a visit to a rhyme�拭 �Seek introductions�察 �draw petitions up�拭�
No�察�grammercy� �and no� �and no again� �Butsing�拭 �Dream�察�laugh�察�go
lightly�察 �solitary�察 �free�察 �With eyes that look straight forwardfearless
voice� �To cock your beaver just the way you choose�察 �For 'yes' or
'no' show fight�察�or turn a rhyme� �To work without one thought of gain
or fame�察 �To realize that journey to the moon� �Never to pen a line
that has not sprung Straight from the heart within。 Embracing then
Modesty�察 �say to oneself�察 �'Good my friend�察 �Be thou content with
flowers��fruit��nay�察�leaves�察 �But pluck them from no garden but thine
own��' And then�察 �if glory come by chance your way�察 �To pay no
tribute unto Caesar�察�none�察 �But keep the merit all your own� �In short�察�
Disdaining tendrils of the parasite�察 �To be content�察 �if neither oak nor
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elm Not to mount high�察�perchance�察�but mount alone� �
LE BRET�此 �Alone�察 �an if you will� �But not with hand 'Gainst
every man� �How in the devil's name Have you conceived this lunatic
idea�察 �To make foes for yourself at every turn�拭�
CYRANO�此 �By dint of seeing you at every turn Make friends�察�
and fawn upon your frequent friends With mouth wide smiling�察 �slit
from ear to ear� �I pass�察�still unsaluted�察�joyfully�察 �And cry��What�察�ho� �
another enemy�拭�
LE BRET�此 �Lunacy� �
CYRANO�此 �Well�察 �what if it be my vice�察 �My pleasure to
displeaseto love men hate me� �Ah�察 �friend of mine�察 �believe me�察 �I
march better 'Neath the cross´fire of glances inimical� �How droll the
stains one sees on fine´laced doublets�察 �From gall of envy�察 �or the
poltroon's drivel� �The enervating friendship which enfolds you Is
like an open´laced Italian collar�察 �Floating around your neck in woman's
fashion�察 �One is at ease thus��but less proud the carriage� �The
forehead�察 �free from mainstay or coercion�察 �Bends here�察 �there�察�
everywhere。 But I�察 �embracing Hatred�察 �she lends��forbidding�察 �stiffly
fluted�察 �The ruff's starched folds that hold the head so rigid�察�Each
enemyanother folda gopher�察 �Who adds constraint�察�and adds a ray of
glory�察 �For Hatred�察 �like the ruff worn by the Spanish�察�Grips like a
vice�察�but frames you like a halo� �
LE BRET ��after a silence�察�taking his arm���此 �Speak proud aloud�察�and
bitter��In my ear Whisper me simply this��She loves thee not� �
CYRANO ��vehemently���此 �Hush� �
��Christian has just entered�察�and mingled with the cadets�察�who do not
speak to him�察�he has seated himself at a table�察�where Lise serves him。��
SCENE 2。IX。
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