I was reproving myself for going too far. I was saying: be silent Christian!....

(sound of archlute.)

One moment please!.... Some one comes.

(Roxane closes her window. Cyrano listens to the archlutes; one of them plays a lively air, and the other a sad one.)

Lively?.... Sad?.... A woman or a man? No, a monk!

(Enter monk holding a lighted lantern. He goes from house to house, looking at the doors.)

SCENE VII.

CYRANO, CHRISTIAN, a CAPUCHIN MONK.

CYRANO (to the Monk).