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The previous night at the Hotel Burgundy, Cyrano provoked a duel with Vicomte Valvert, the man who wants to marry Roxane. Roxane, however, is in love with a young cadet that she has never even spoken to, a youth named Baron Christian de Neuvillette. To complicate matters, Cyrano is in love with Roxane, and had asked her to his friend’s pastry shop in order to confess his feelings. But the conversation does not go as planned. (For the full scene, use the link below. The Duenna’s short entrance
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CYRANO: Blessed be the moment when you condescend--
Remembering that humbly I exist--
To come to meet me, and to say. . .to tell?. . .
ROXANE (who has unmasked): To thank you first of all. That dandy count,
Whom you checkmated in brave sword-play
Last night,. . .he is the man whom a great lord,
Desirous of my favor. . .
CYRANO:Ha, De Guiche?
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