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Scene XI

CYRANDO, CHRISTIAN, the GASCONS, the MUSKETEER, LISE.

A CADET:

[opening the door halfway] Not a word! Such a deadly silence! I dare not look! [He puts his head in.] What's this!

ALL THE CADETS:

[entering, and seeing CYRANO and CHRISTIAN embracing] Oh!

A CADET:

This is unbelievable!

MUSKETEER:

[in a jeering tone] Ho! Ho!

CARBON:

Can it be that our demon has become a saint? When struck on one nostril, he turns the other?

MUSKETEER:

Well then, I suppose it's safe to speak about his nose from now on! [calling to LISE, boastfully] Lise, look here! [sniffing in the air exaggeratedly] Oh, heavens! What a stench! [going up to CYRANO] You, Sir, must certainly have noticed how it smells in here! What is it?

CYRANO:

[slapping his face and sending him tumbling down] A stinking bag of hot air!

[The CADETS are all delighted to have found the old CYRANO again. They shout and leap around and turn somersaults.]

1. Notes
2. Reading Pointers for Sharper Insights
3. Dedication
4. Dramatis Personae
5. Act I
   1. A Performance at the Hotel de Bourgogne
   2. Scene I
   3. Scene II
   4. Scene III
   5. Scene IV
   6. Scene V
   7. Scene VI
   8. Scene VII
6. Act II
   1. The Poet's Eating-House
   2. Scene I
   3. Scene II
   4. Scene III
   5. Scene IV
   6. Scene V
   7. Scene VI
   8. Scene VII
   9. Scene VIII
   10. Scene IX
   11. Scene X
   12. Scene XI
7. Act III
   1. Roxane's Kiss
   2. Scene I
   3. Scene II
   4. Scene III
   5. Scene IV
   6. Scene V
   7. Scene VI
   8. Scene VII
   9. Scene VIII
   10. Scene IX
   11. Scene X
   12. Scene XI
   13. Scene XII
8. Act IV
   1. The Cadets of Gascony
   2. Scene I
   3. Scene II
   4. Scene III
   5. Scene IV
   6. Scene V
   7. Scene VI
   8. Scene VII
   9. Scene VIII
   10. Scene IX
   11. Scene X
9. Act V
   1. Cyrano's Gazette
   2. Scene I
   3. Scene II
   4. Scene III
   5. Scene IV
   6. Scene V
   7. Scene VI
10. Copyright