RAGUENEAU (entering hurriedly):
Ah! Madame!
(He sees Le Bret):
Ah! you here, Sir!

ROXANE (smiling):
Tell all your miseries
To him; I will return anon.

RAGUENEAU:
But, Madame. . .

(Roxane goes out with the Duke. Ragueneau goes toward Le Bret.)

[Scene 5.III.]

Le Bret, Ragueneau.

RAGUENEAU:
Since you are here, ’tis best she should not know!
I was going to your friend just now—was but
A few steps from the house, when I saw him
Go out. I hurried to him. Saw him turn
The corner. . .suddenly, from out a window
Where he was passing—was it chance?. . .may be!
A lackey let fall a large piece of wood.

LE BRET:
Cowards! O Cyrano!

RAGUENEAU:
I ran—I saw. . .

LE BRET:
’Tis hideous!