ROXANE.
I'll be down in a moment.
(She leaves the balcony.)
THE DUENNA (to Cyrano, pointing to the two pages).
And who may be these two songsters?
CYRANO.
Oh! they are part of a bet I won. D'Assoucy and I had a discussion on a point of grammar. No! Yes! No! Yes! Of a sudden he points to these two scarecrows here, his constant escort, great in the art of scratching a string with a claw, and he says: "I'll bet you a whole day of music!"—He lost. And now, until to-morrow comes, I must enjoy both the strains and the presence of these two harmonious witnesses of all my acts!.... Pleasant, if you like, in the beginning, but now the pleasure is growing less.
(to the musicians).
Hep!.... Just go and play a pavan—with my compliments—for that actor Montfleury!