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Scene XI.
Cyrano, Christian, the Gascons, the musketeer, Lise.A CADET
(half opening the door)
Naught here!. . .The silence of the grave! I dare not look. . .
(He puts his head in)Why?. . .
ALL THE CADETS
(entering, and seeing Cyrano and Christian embracing)
Oh!. . .
A CADET
This passes all!
(Consternation.)
THE MUSKETEER
(mockingly)
Ho, ho!. . .
CARBON
Our demon has become a saint? Struck on one nostril--lo! he turns the other!
MUSKETEER
Then we may speak about his nose, henceforth!. . .
(Calling to Lise, boastfully)--Ah, Lise, see here!
(Sniffing ostentatiously)O heavens!. . .what a stink!. . .
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You, sir, without a doubt have sniffed it up! --What is the smell I notice here?
CYRANO
(cuffing his head)
Clove-heads.
(General delight. The cadets have found the old Cyrano again! They turn somersaults.)
Curtain.
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