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[The FIFER plays. The wounded try to rise. Some CADETS, falling one over the other down the slope, group themselves around CYRANO and the little flag. The carriage is crowded with men inside and outside. Surrounded by muskets, the carriage is protected like a fortress.]

A CADET:

[appearing on the crest, beaten backward, but still fighting] They're climbing up the embankment!

CYRANO:

Let us salute them! [The embankment is instantly covered by a formidable row of enemies. Imperialist flags are raised.] Fire!

[The CADETS fire.]

A CRY FROM THE ENEMY'S RANKS:

Fire!

[There is a deadly volley of fire from the enemy. The CADETS fall on all sides.]

A SPANISH OFFICER:

[taking off his hat] Who are these men who are not afraid of death?

CYRANO:

[reciting, erect, amid a storm of bullets] The bold cadets of Gascony, of Carbon de Castel-Jaloux! Brawling and swaggering boastfully— [he rushes forward, followed by a few survivors] The bold cadets…

[His voice is drowned in the battle.]

Curtain.

• alarming; frighteningly impressive
• of or relating to an empire

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