Literature/Edmond Rostand/Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

Edmond Rostand, 1897

Act III: Roxane’s KissScene VII

Cyrano, Christian, a capuchin friar.

Cyrano

To the friar

What do you, playing at Diogenes?

The Friar

I seek the house of Madame…

Christian

Oh! plague take him!

The Friar

Madeleine Robin…

Christian

What would he?…

Cyrano

Pointing to a street at the back

This way!Straight on…

The Friar

I thank you, and, in your intentionWill tell my rosary to its last bead.

He goes out.

Cyrano

Good luck! My blessings rest upon your cowl!

He goes back to Christian.