You understand?
CHRISTIAN.
Oh! you mean the....
ANOTHER CADET.
Hush!.... The word is never pronounced....
(pointing to Cyrano, who, in the rear, is talking with Le Bret).
.... Or else trouble is sure.
ANOTHER CADET (who, while Christian was looking the other way, took a seat on the table).
Two men were killed by him because they spoke through the nose—a subject he dislikes!
ANOTHER CADET (springing up from underneath the table, where he had crawled).