Yes, a tear!

CYRANO.

Oh!.... Yes!.... we poets are caught in our own trap, through the swing of our art. You understand.... this letter,—was heart-rending; I drew tears from my own eyes as I was writing it.

CHRISTIAN.

Tears?....

CYRANO.

Yes.... because.... to die is not so terrible .... but ....never to see her again, that is the torture! for the fact is, I shall never....

(Christian looks at him.)

We shall never....