CYRANO:
Does that word
Embarrass you before my face, Roxane?

ROXANE:
I. . .

CYRANO (smiling sadly):
’Twill not hurt me! Say it! If he were
Ugly!. . .

ROXANE:
Yes, ugly!
(Musket report outside):
Hark! I hear a shot!

CYRANO (ardently):
Hideous!

ROXANE:
Hideous! yes!

CYRANO:
Disfigured.

ROXANE:
Ay!

CYRANO:
Grotesque?

ROXANE:
He could not be grotesque to me!