(Sound of string instruments growing gradually nearer.)
VOICE OF CYRANO (singing in the wings).
La, la, la, la!
THE DUENNA (surprised).
Music for us!
CYRANO (followed by two pages each with an archlute).
I say again that it's a demi-semi-quaver, you triple fool!
FIRST PAGE (with irony).
So then, Sir, you have thorough knowledge of quavers?