"The more you take of what's my heart, the more I've left."
(triumphantly).
What think you of that?
CYRANO.
So! So!
ROXANE.
And of this? (reciting).
"Since I must suffer and, to suffer, have a heart,
If you would keep the heart that's mine, then send me yours."
CYRANO.
At first he had too much heart; now he has not enough. It would be interesting to know exactly how much heart would satisfy him.