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Cyrano De Bergerac; A Heroic Comedy From the French of Edmond Rostand, Done Into English Verse
Cyrano De Bergerac A Heroic Comedy From the French of Edmond Rostand Done Into English Verse Author:Edmond Rostand General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1898 Original Publisher: Lamson, Wolffe and company Subjects: Drama / General Drama / Continental European Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of ... more »this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THIRD ACT. ROXANE'S KISS. A small square in the old Marais, with ancient houses, and a perspective of narrow streets. To the right, Roxane's house, and the wall of its garden, bordered with abundant foliage. Above the door, a window and balcony. A bench before the threshold. Vines climb the watt; jasmine wreathes the balcony and hangs quivering. By means of the bench and stones jutting out from the wall it is easy to climb to the balcony. Opposite, an old house of the same style, of brick and stone, lvith a door of entrance. The knocker of this door is wrapped with linen like an injured thumb. When the curtain rises the duenna is seated on the bench. The window is wide open on Roxane's balcony. Ragueneau, dressed in a sort of livery, is standing by the duenna. He is finishing a narrative, and wiping his eyes. Scene I. Ragueneau, the Duenna; then Roxane, Cyrano, and two Pages. Ragueneau. And then she left me for a musketeer! I was alone and ruined -- I hanged myself, Monsieur de Bergerac came and cut me down, And offers me to his cousin as a steward. The Duenna. But how do you explain this plight of yours ? Ragueneau. Lise loved the soldiers ; I was fond of poets! And Mars ate all the cakes Apollo left; And so -- you understand -- the end soon came. The Duenna (rising and calling towards the open window). Roxane, they're waiting for us, -- are you ready ? Roxane. I'm putting on my cloak. The Duenna (to Cyrano, pointing to the door opposite). They wait for us Opposite, at Clomire...« less