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cyrano de bergerac-第7章

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LE BRET:   What foolery!

THE BUFFET…GIRL:   Take something else!

CYRANO:   I take your hand to kiss。

(He kisses her hand as though she were a princess。)

THE BUFFET…GIRL:   Thank you; kind Sir! (She courtesies):   Good…night。

(She goes out。)



Scene 1。V。

Cyrano; Le Bret。

CYRANO (to Le Bret):   Now talkI listen。 (He stands at the buffet; and placing before him first the macaroon):   Dinner!。 。 。 (then the grapes):   Dessert!。 。 。 (then the glass of water):   Wine!。 。 。 (he seats himself):   So!  And now to table!   Ah!  I was hungry; friend; nay; ravenous! (eating):   You said?

LE BRET:   These fops; would…be belligerent;   Will; if you heed them only; turn your head!。 。 。   Ask people of good sense if you would know   The effect of your fine insolence

CYRANO (finishing his macaroon):   Enormous!

LE BRET:   The Cardinal。 。 。

CYRANO (radiant):   The Cardinalwas there?

LE BRET:   Must have thought it。 。 。

CYRANO:   Original; i' faith!

LE BRET:   But。 。 。

CYRANO:   He's an author。  'Twill not fail to please him   That I should mar a brother…author's play。

LE BRET:   You make too many enemies by far!

CYRANO (eating his grapes):   How many think you I have made to…night?

LE BRET:   Forty; no less; not counting ladies。

CYRANO:   Count!

LE BRET:   Montfleury first; the bourgeois; then De Guiche;   The Viscount; Baro; the Academy。 。 。

CYRANO:   Enough!  I am o'erjoyed!

LE BRET:   But these strange ways;   Where will they lead you; at the end?  Explain   Your systemcome!

CYRANO:   I in a labyrinth   Was losttoo many different paths to choose;   I took。 。 。

LE BRET:   Which?

CYRANO:   Oh! by far the simplest path。 。 。   Decided to be admirable in all!

LE BRET (shrugging his shoulders):   So be it!  But the motive of your hate   To Montfleurycome; tell me!

CYRANO (rising):   This Silenus;   Big…bellied; coarse; still deems himself a peril   A danger to the love of lovely ladies;   And; while he sputters out his actor's part;   Makes sheep's eyes at their boxesgoggling frog!   I hate him since the evening he presumed   To raise his eyes to hers。 。 。Meseemed I saw   A slug crawl slavering o'er a flower's petals!

LE BRET (stupefied):   How now?  What?  Can it be。 。 。?

CYRANO (laughing bitterly):   That I should love?。 。 。 (Changing his tone; gravely):   I love。

LE BRET:   And may I know?。 。 。You never said。 。 。

CYRANO:   Come now; bethink you!。 。 。The fond hope to be   Beloved; e'en by some poor graceless lady;   Is; by this nose of mine for aye bereft me;   This lengthy nose which; go where'er I will;   Pokes yet a quarter…mile ahead of me;   But I may loveand who?  'Tis Fate's decree   I love the fairesthow were't otherwise?

LE BRET:   The fairest?。 。 。

CYRANO:   Ay; the fairest of the world;   Most brilliantmost refinedmost golden…haired!

LE BRET:   Who is this lady?

CYRANO:   She's a danger mortal;   All unsuspiciousfull of charms unconscious;   Like a sweet perfumed rosea snare of nature;   Within whose petals Cupid lurks in ambush!   He who has seen her smile has known perfection;   Instilling into trifles grace's essence;   Divinity in every careless gesture;   Not Venus' self can mount her conch blown sea…ward;   As she can step into her chaise a porteurs;   Nor Dian fleet across the woods spring…flowered;   Light as my Lady o'er the stones of Paris!。 。 。

LE BRET:   Sapristi! all is clear!

CYRANO:   As spiderwebs!

LE BRET:   Your cousin; Madeleine Robin?

CYRANO:   Roxane!

LE BRET:   Well; but so much the better!  Tell her so!   She saw your triumph here this very night!

CYRANO:   Look well at methen tell me; with what hope   This vile protuberance can inspire my heart!   I do not lull me with illusionsyet   At times I'm weak: in evening hours dim   I enter some fair pleasance; perfumed sweet;   With my poor ugly devil of a nose   I scent spring's essencein the silver rays   I see some knighta lady on his arm;   And think 'To saunter thus 'neath the moonshine;   I were fain to have my lady; too; beside!'   Thought soars to ecstasy。 。 。O sudden fall!   The shadow of my profile on the wall!

LE BRET (tenderly):   My friend!。 。 。

CYRANO:   My friend; at times 'tis hard; 'tis bitter;   To feel my lonelinessmy own ill…favor。 。 。

LE BRET (taking his hand):   You weep?

CYRANO:   No; never!  Think; how vilely suited   Adown this nose a tear its passage tracing!   I never will; while of myself I'm master;   let the divinity of tearstheir beauty   Be wedded to such common ugly grossness。   Nothing more solemn than a tearsublimer;   And I would not by weeping turn to laughter   The grave emotion that a tear engenders!

LE BRET:   Never be sad!  What's love?a chance of Fortune!

CYRANO (shaking his head):   Look I a Caesar to woo Cleopatra?   A Tito to aspire to Berenice?

LE BRET:   Your courage and your wit!The little maid   Who offered you refreshment even now;   Her eyes did not abhor youyou saw well!

CYRANO (impressed):   True!

LE BRET:   Well; how then?。 。 。I saw Roxane herself   Was death…pale as she watched the duel。

CYRANO:   Pale?

LE BRET:   Her heart; her fancy; are already caught!   Put it to th' touch!

CYRANO:   That she may mock my face?   That is the one thing on this earth I fear!

THE PORTER (introducing some one to Cyrano):   Sir; some one asks for you。 。 。

CYRANO (seeing the duenna):   God! her duenna!



Scene 1。VI。

Cyrano; Le Bret; the duenna。

THE DUENNA (with a low bow):   I was bid ask you where a certain lady   Could see her valiant cousinbut in secret。

CYRANO (overwhelmed):   See me?

THE DUENNA (courtesying):   Ay; Sir!  She has somewhat to tell。

CYRANO:   Somewhat?。 。 。

THE DUENNA (still courtesying):   Ay; private matters!

CYRANO (staggering):   Ah; my God!

THE DUENNA:   To…morrow; at the early blush of dawn;   We go to hear mass at St。 Roch。

CYRANO (leaning against Le Bret):   My God!

THE DUENNA:   Afterwhat place for a few minutes' speech?

CYRANO (confused):   Where?  Ah!。 。 。but。 。 。Ah; my God!。 。 。

THE DUENNA:   Say!

CYRANO:   I reflect!。 。 。

THE DUENNA:   Where?

CYRANO:   Atthe pastry…house of Ragueneau。

THE DUENNA:   Where lodges he?

CYRANO:   The RueGod!St。 Honore!

THE DUENNA (going):   Good。  Be you there。  At seven。

CYRANO:   Without fail。

(The duenna goes out。)



Scene 1。VII。

Cyrano; Le Bret。  Then actors; actresses; Cuigy; Brissaille; Ligniere; the porter; the violinists。

CYRANO (falling into Le Bret's arms):   A rendezvous。 。 。from her!。 。 。

LE BRET:   You're sad no more!

CYRANO:   Ah!  Let the world go burn!  She knows I live!

LE BRET:   Now you'll be calm; I hope?

CYRANO (beside himself for joy):   Calm?  I now calm?   I'll be frenetic; frantic;raving mad!   Oh; for an army to attack!a host!   I've ten hearts in my breast; a score of arms;   No dwarfs to cleave in twain!。 。 。 (Wildly):   No!  Giants now!

(For a few moments the shadows of the actors have been moving on the stage; whispers are heardthe rehearsal is beginning。  The violinists are in their places。)

A VOICE FROM THE STAGE:   Hollo there!  Silence!  We rehearse!

CYRANO (laughing):   We go!

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