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cyrano de bergerac-第15章

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ROXANE:   Hush! hush!

CYRANO:   A kiss; when all is said;what is it?   An oath that's ratified;a sealed promise;   A heart's avowal claiming confirmation;   A rose…dot on the 'i' of 'adoration;'   A secret that to mouth; not ear; is whispered;   Brush of a bee's wing; that makes time eternal;   Communion perfumed like the spring's wild flowers;   The heart's relieving in the heart's outbreathing;   When to the lips the soul's flood rises; brimming!

ROXANE:   Hush! hush!

CYRANO:   A kiss; Madame; is honorable:   The Queen of France; to a most favored lord   Did grant a kissthe Queen herself!

ROXANE:   What then?

CYRANO (speaking more warmly):   Buckingham suffered dumbly;so have I;   Adored his Queen; as loyally as I;   Was sad; but faithful;so am I。 。 。

ROXANE:   And you   Are fair as Buckingham!

CYRANO (asidesuddenly cooled):   True;I forgot!

ROXANE:   Must I then bid thee mount to cull this flower?

CYRANO (pushing Christian toward the balcony):   Mount!

ROXANE:   This heart…breathing!。 。 。

CYRANO:   Mount!

ROXANE:   This brush of bee's wing!。 。 。

CYRANO:   Mount!

CHRISTIAN (hesitating):   But I feel now; as though 'twere ill done!

ROXANE:   This moment infinite!。 。 。

CYRANO (still pushing him):   Come; blockhead; mount!

(Christian springs forward; and by means of the bench; the branches; and the pillars; climbs to the balcony and strides over it。)

CHRISTIAN:   Ah; Roxane!

(He takes her in his arms; and bends over her lips。)

CYRANO:   Aie!  Strange pain that wrings my heart!   The kiss; love's feast; so near!  I; Lazarus;   Lie at the gate in darkness。  Yet to me   Falls still a crumb or two from the rich man's board   Ay; 'tis my heart receives thee; Roxanemine!   For on the lips you press you kiss as well   The words I spoke just now!my wordsmy words! (The lutes play):   A sad air;a gay air: the monk! (He begins to run as if he came from a long way off; and cries out):   Hola!

ROXANE:   Who is it?

CYRANO:   II was but passing by。 。 。   Is Christian there?

CHRISTIAN (astonished):   Cyrano!

ROXANE:   Good…day; cousin!

CYRANO:   Cousin; good…day!

ROXANE:   I'm coming!

(She disappears into the house。  At the back re…enter the friar。)

CHRISTIAN (seeing him):   Back again!

(He follows Roxane。)



Scene 3。X。

Cyrano; Christian; Roxane; the friar; Ragueneau。

THE FRIAR:   'Tis here;I'm sure of itMadame Madeleine Robin。

CYRANO:   Why; you said Ro…LIN。

THE FRIAR:   No; not I。   B;I;N;BIN!

ROXANE (appearing on the threshold; followed by Ragueneau; who carries a lantern; and Christian):   What is't?

THE FRIAR:   A letter。

CHRISTIAN:   What?

THE FRIAR (to Roxane):   Oh; it can boot but a holy business!   'Tis from a worthy lord。 。 。

ROXANE (to Christian):   De Guiche!

CHRISTIAN:   He dares。 。 。

ROXANE:   Oh; he will not importune me forever! (Unsealing the letter):   I love you;therefore (She reads in a low voice by the aid of Ragueneau's lantern):   'Lady;   The drums beat;   My regiment buckles its harness on   And starts; but I;they deem me gone before   But I stay。  I have dared to disobey   Your mandate。  I am here in convent walls。   I come to you to…night。  By this poor monk   A simple fool who knows not what he bears   I send this missive to apprise your ear。   Your lips erewhile have smiled on me; too sweet:   I go not ere I've seen them once again!   I would be private; send each soul away;   Receive alone him;whose great boldness you   Have deigned; I hope; to pardon; ere he asks;   He who is ever youret cetera。' (To the monk):   Father; this is the matter of the letter: (All come near her; and she reads aloud):   'Lady;   The Cardinal's wish is law; albeit   It be to you unwelcome。  For this cause   I send these linesto your fair ear addressed   By a holy man; discreet; intelligent:   It is our will that you receive from him;   In your own house; the marriage (She turns the page):       benediction   Straightway; this night。  Unknown to all the world   Christian becomes your husband。  Him we send。   He is abhorrent to your choice。  Let be。   Resign yourself; and this obedience   Will be by Heaven well recompensed。  Receive;   Fair lady; all assurance of respect;   From him who ever was; and still remains;   Your humble and obligedet cetera。'

THE FRIAR (with great delight):   O worthy lord!  I knew naught was to fear;   It could be but holy business!

ROXANE (to Christian; in a low voice):   Am I not apt at reading letters?

CHRISTIAN:   Hum!

ROXANE (aloud; with despair):   But this is horrible!

THE FRIAR (who has turned his lantern on Cyrano):   'Tis you?

CHRISTIAN:   'Tis I!

THE FRIAR (turning the light on to him; and as if a doubt struck him on seeing his beauty):   But。 。 。

ROXANE (quickly):   I have overlooked the postscriptsee:   'Give twenty pistoles for the Convent。'

THE FRIAR:   。 。 。Oh!   Most worthy lord! (To Roxane):   Submit you?

ROXANE (with a martyr's look):   I submit! (While Ragueneau opens the door; and Christian invites the friar to enter; she whispers to Cyrano):   Oh; keep De Guiche at bay!  He will be here!   Let him not enter till。 。 。

CYRANO:   I understand! (To the friar):   What time need you to tie the marriage…knot?

THE FRIAR:   A quarter of an hour。

CYRANO (pushing them all toward the house):   Go!  I stay。

ROXANE (to Christian):   Come!。 。 。

(They enter。)

CYRANO:   Now; how to detain De Guiche so long? (He jumps on the bench; climbs to the balcony by the wall):   Come!。 。 。up I go!。 。 。I have my plan!。 。 。 (The lutes begin to play a very sad air):   What; ho! (The tremolo grows more and more weird):   It is a man! ay! 'tis a man this time! (He is on the balcony; pulls his hat over his eyes; takes off his sword; wraps himself in his cloak; then leans over):   'Tis not too high! (He strides across the balcony; and drawing to him a long branch of one of the trees that are by the garden wall; he hangs on to it with both hands; ready to let himself fall):   I'll shake this atmosphere!



Scene 3。XI。

Cyrano; De Guiche。

DE GUICHE (who enters; masked; feeling his way in the dark):   What can that cursed Friar be about?

CYRANO:   The devil!。 。 。If he knows my voice! (Letting go with one hand; he pretends to turn an invisible key。  Solemnly):   Cric!  Crac!   Assume thou; Cyrano; to serve the turn;   The accent of thy native Bergerac!。 。 。

DE GUICHE (looking at the house):   'Tis there。  I see dim;this mask hinders me! (He is about to enter; when Cyrano leaps from the balcony; holding on to the branch; which bends; dropping him between the door and De Guiche; he pretends to fall heavily; as from a great height; and lies flat on the ground; motionless; as if stunned。  De Guiche starts back):   What's this? (When he looks up; the branch has sprung back into its place。  He sees only the sky; and is lost in amazement):   Where fell that man from?

CYRANO (sitting up; and speaking with a Gascon accent):   From the moon!

DE GUICHE:   From?。 。 。

CYRANO (in a dreamy voice):   What's o'clock?

DE GUICHE:   He's lost his mind; for sure!

CYRANO:   What hour?  What country this?  What month?  What day?

DE GUICHE:   But。 。 。

CYRANO:   I am stupefied!

DE GUICHE:   Sir!

CYRANO:   Like a bomb   I fell from the moon!

DE GUICHE (impatiently):   Come now!

CYRANO (rising; in a terrible voice):   I say;the moon!

DE GUICHE (recoiling):   Good; good! let it be so!。 。 。He's raving mad!

CYRANO (walking up to him):   I say from the moon!  I mean no metaphor!。 。 。

DE GUICHE:   But。 。 。

CYRANO:   Was't a hundred yearsa minute; since?   I cannot guess what time that fall embraced!   That I was in that saffron…colored ball?

DE GUICHE (shrugging his shoulders):   Good! let me pass!

CYRANO (intercepting him):   Where am I?  Tell the truth!   Fear not to tell!  Oh; spare me not!  Where? where?   Have I fallen like a shooting star?

DE GUICHE:   Morbleu!

CYRANO:   The fall was lightning…quick! no time to choose   Where I should fallI know not where it be!   Oh; tell me!  Is it on a moon or earth;   that my posterior weight has landed me?

DE GUICHE:   I tell you; Sir。 。 。

CYRANO (with a screech of terror; which makes De Guiche start back):   No?  Can it be?  I'm on   A planet where men have black faces?

DE GUICHE (putting a hand to his face):   What?

CYRANO (feigning great alarm):   Am I in Africa?  A native you?

DE GUICHE (who has remembered his mask):   This mask of mine。 。 。

CYRANO (pretending to be reassured):   In Venice? ha!or Rome?    DE GUICHE (trying to pass):   A lady waits。 。

CYRANO (quite reassured):   Oh…ho!  I am in Paris!

DE GUICHE (smiling in spite of himself):   The fool is comical!

CYRANO:   You laugh?

DE GUICHE:   I laugh;   But would get by!

CYRANO (beaming with joy):   I have shot back to Paris! (Quite at ease; laughing; dusting himself; bowing):   Comepardon meby the last water…spout;   Covered with ether;accident of travel!   My eyes still full of star…dust; and my spurs   Encumbered by the planets' filaments! (Picking something off his sleeve):   Ha! on my doublet?ah; a comet's hair!。 。 。

(He puffs as if to blow it away。)

DE GUICHE (beside himself):   Sir
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