[ACT III.]
THE KISS OF ROXANE.
A small public square in the old Marais quarter of Paris. Old houses, narrow streets. To the right Roxane's house and garden, over the wall of which spread and hang the branches of large trees inside. Above the door, a window and a balcony. By the door a stone bench.
Ivy creeps up the wall, and a jasmine twines around the balcony. By means of the bench and of stones projecting from the wall, it is comparatively easy to climb up to the balcony.
Over the way, an old house in the same style, brick and stone, with a door, the knocker of which is wrapped with rags like a sore finger.
As the curtain rises, the Duenna is seated on the bench. The window on Roxane's balcony is wide open. Standing near the Duenna is Ragueneau, wearing a sort of livery. He is concluding a story, and wiping his eyes.
SCENE I.
RAGUENEAU, THE DUENNA, later ROXANE, CYRANO, and two pages.
RAGUENEAU.