(General stupor. Every one turns round. Murmurs.)
DIFFERENT VOICES:
Hey?—What?—What is’t?. . .
(The people stand up in the boxes to look.)
CUIGY:
’Tis he!
LE BRET (terrified):
Cyrano!
THE VOICE:
King of clowns! Leave the stage this instant!
ALL THE AUDIENCE (indignantly):
Oh!
MONTFLEURY:
But. . .
THE VOICE:
Do you dare defy me?
DIFFERENT VOICES (from the pit and the boxes):
Peace! Enough!—Play on, Montfleury—fear nothing!