ANOTHER:
I would present you, Sir, to some fair dames
Who in my carriage yonder. . .
CYRANO (coldly):
Ah! and who
Will first present you, Sir, to me?
LE BRET (astonished):
What’s wrong?
CYRANO:
Hush!
A MAN OF LETTERS (with writing-board):
A few details?. . .
CYRANO:
No.
LE BRET (nudging his elbow):
’Tis Theophrast,
Renaudet,. . .of the ‘Court Gazette’!
CYRANO:
Who cares?
LE BRET:
This paper—but it is of great importance!. . .
They say it will be an immense success!
A POET (advancing):
Sir. . .