LE BRET.
And now you will be cool?
CYRANO (beside himself).
No, I'll be frantic and invincible! I would I had an army to defeat! I have ten hearts and twenty arms. What are dwarfs to me?.... (He shouts.) I must have giants to vanquish!
(For the last few minutes, on the stage, in the rear, actors and actresses have been going and coming: a rehearsal is on. The violins have taken their seats.)
A VOICE (from the stage).
Silence there, please! We're rehearsing.
CYRANO (laughing).
Very well. We're leaving.
(As Cyrano is about going, enter, by the wide door in the rear, Cuigy, Brissaille, and several officers, supporting Lignière, who is completely intoxicated.)