CHRISTIAN:
Oh! I shall die!
CYRANO:
Speak lower!
CHRISTIAN (in a whisper):
I shall die!
CYRANO:
The night is dark. . .
CHRISTIAN:
Well!
CYRANO:
All can be repaired.
Although you merit not. Stand there, poor wretch!
Fronting the balcony! I’ll go beneath
And prompt your words to you. . .
CHRISTIAN:
But. . .
CYRANO:
Hold your tongue!
THE PAGES (reappearing at back—to Cyrano):
Ho!
CYRANO:
Hush!