Pure water!.... and half a maccaroon. (_He breaks a maccaroon in two, and returns one of the pieces._) LE BRET. What nonsense! WAITING-GIRL. Do have something more! CYRANO. Yes, your hand to kiss. (_He kisses her hand as if she were a princess._) WAITING-GIRL. Thank you, Sir! (_Curtsies._) A very good evening! (_Exit waiting-girl._) [9] Note.--One of the translations that have appeared in the New York daily press renders "Céladon" by reference to Lord Chesterfield! The time of action (first four acts) of "Cyrano de Bergerac" is 1640, and Lord Chesterfield was _born_ only 54 years _later_. [10] Note.--In the original, Cyrano calls his opponent "Laridon." This is the name of a degenerate _dog_. See fables of La Fontaine ("L'Education"). [11] Note.--"L'Envoi," as often written, supposedly in French, is incorrect. It is, in French, when heading the last four lines of a ballade, "Envoi," without the article, l' (le). _SCENE V._ CYRANO, LE BRET, _later_ JANITOR. CYRANO (_to Le Bret_). Now, I'll listen to you. (_He goes to the buffet, on which he places the half maccaroon._) Dinner! (_Then the glass of water._) Drink! (_And the one grape from the bunch._) Dessert! (_Takes a seat by the buffet._) Now for the feast! My dear friend, I feel very hungry.... (_Eating_) Well? You were saying?.... LE BRET. That all these bellicose doings and the admiration they elicit will warp your judgment. Go ask people of sense what they think of this last prank of yours, of its effect. CYRANO (_finishing his half maccaroon_). Enormous!.... LE BRET. The Cardinal!.... CYRANO (_beaming with delight_). He was there? The Cardinal? LE BRET. Yes, and he must have found you.... CYRANO. Anything but commonplace. LE BRET. Nevertheless.... CYRANO. He's an author. And he must have enjoyed seeing another's play crushed. LE BRET. You are, really, making too many enemies! CYRANO (_munching his one grape_). How many do you estimate I have made to-day? LE BRET. Forty-eight, without counting the women. CYRANO. Enumerate them. LE BRET. Montfleury, the tradesman, Guiche, the Vicomte, Baro, the Academy.... CYRANO. You give me infinite joy! LE BRET.