FIRST POET (in despair, with his mouth full).

But the cakes!....

SECOND POET.

Let us take them along.

(They all go out, following Ragueneau, in a sort of procession, after having loaded themselves with cakes.)

SCENE V.

CYRANO, ROXANE, THE DUENNA.

CYRANO.

I shall hand her my letter if I feel that there is any hope, however slight!....

(Roxane, masked, and followed by the Duenna, appears behind the glazed door, that Cyrano opens eagerly.)