第 3 节
作者:抵制日货      更新:2021-02-19 20:53      字数:9321
  (They go toward De Guiche。)
  SECOND MARQUIS:   What fine ribbons!  How call you the color; Count de Guiche?  'Kiss me; my darling;' or 'Timid Fawn?'
  DE GUICHE:   'Tis the color called 'Sick Spaniard。'
  FIRST MARQUIS:   'Faith!  The color speaks truth; for; thanks to your valor; things will soon go ill for Spain in Flanders。
  DE GUICHE:   I go on the stage!  Will you come? (He goes toward the stage; followed by the marquises and gentlemen。  Turning; he calls):   Come you Valvert!
  CHRISTIAN (who is watching and listening; starts on hearing this name):   The Viscount!  Ah! I will throw full in his face my。 。 。 (He puts his hand in his pocket; and finds there the hand of a pickpocket who is about to rob him。  He turns round):   Hey?
  THE PICKPOCKET:   Oh!
  CHRISTIAN (holding him tightly):   I was looking for a glove。
  THE PICKPOCKET (smiling piteously):   And you find a hand。 (Changing his tone; quickly and in a whisper):   Let me but go; and I will deliver you a secret。
  CHRISTIAN (still holding him):   What is it?
  THE PICKPOCKET:   Ligniere。 。 。he who has just left you。 。 。
  CHRISTIAN (same play):   Well?
  THE PICKPOCKET:   His life is in peril。  A song writ by him has given offense in high places and a hundred menI am of themare posted to…night。 。 。
  CHRISTIAN:   A hundred men!  By whom posted?
  THE PICKPOCKET:   I may not saya secret。 。 。
  CHRISTIAN (shrugging his shoulders):   Oh!
  THE PICKPOCKET (with great dignity):   。 。 。Of the profession。
  CHRISTIAN:   Where are they posted?
  THE PICKPOCKET:   At the Porte de Nesle。  On his way homeward。  Warn him。
  CHRISTIAN (letting go of his wrists):   But where can I find him?
  THE PICKPOCKET:   Run round to all the tavernsThe Golden Wine Press; the Pine Cone; The Belt that Bursts; The Two Torches; The Three Funnels; and at each leave a word that shall put him on his guard。
  CHRISTIAN:   GoodI fly!  Ah; the scoundrels!  A hundred men 'gainst one! (Looking lovingly at Roxane):   Ah; to leave her!。 。 。 (looking with rage at Valvert):   and him!。 。 。But save Ligniere I must!
  (He hurries out。  De Guiche; the viscount; the marquises; have all disappeared behind the curtain to take their places on the benches placed on the stage。  The pit is quite full; the galleries and boxes are also crowded。)
  THE AUDIENCE:   Begin!
  A BURGHER (whose wig is drawn up on the end of a string by a page in the upper gallery):   My wig!
  CRIES OF DELIGHT:   He is bald!  Bravo; pagesha! ha! ha!。 。 。
  THE BURGHER (furious; shaking his fist):   Young villain!
  LAUGHTER AND CRIES (beginning very loud; and dying gradually away):   Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!
  (Total silence。)
  LE BRET (astonished):   What means this sudden silence?。 。 。 (A spectator says something to him in a low voice):   Is't true?
  THE SPECTATOR:   I have just heard it on good authority。
  MURMURS (spreading through the hall):   Hush!  Is it he?  No!  Ay; I say!  In the box with the bars in front!  The Cardinal!  The Cardinal!  The Cardinal!
  A PAGE:   The devil!  We shall have to behave ourselves。 。 。
  (A knock is heard upon the stage。  Every one is motionless。  A pause。)
  THE VOICE OF A MARQUIS (in the silence; behind the curtain):   Snuff that candle!
  ANOTHER MARQUIS (putting his head through the opening in the curtain):   A chair!
  (A chair is passed from hand to hand; over the heads of the spectators。  The marquis takes it and disappears; after blowing some kisses to the boxes。)
  A SPECTATOR:   Silence!
  (Three knocks are heard on the stage。  The curtain opens in the centre Tableau。  The marquises in insolent attitudes seated on each side of the stage。  The scene represents a pastoral landscape。  Four little lusters light the stage; the violins play softly。)
  LE BRET (in a low voice to Ragueneau):   Montfleury comes on the scene?
  RAGUENEAU (also in a low voice):   Ay; 'tis he who begins。
  LE BRET:   Cyrano is not here。
  RAGUENEAU:   I have lost my wager。
  LE BRET:   'Tis all the better!
  (An air on the drone…pipes is heard; and Montfleury enters; enormously stout; in an Arcadian shepherd's dress; a hat wreathed with roses drooping over one ear; blowing into a ribboned drone pipe。)
  THE PIT (applauding):   Bravo; Montfleury!  Montfleury!
  MONTFLEURY (after bowing low; begins the part of Phedon):   'Heureux qui loin des cours; dans un lieu solitaire;   Se prescrit a soi…meme un exil volontaire;   Et qui; lorsque Zephire a souffle sur les bois。 。 。'
  A VOICE (from the middle of the pit):   Villain!  Did I not forbid you to show your face here for month?
  (General stupor。  Every one turns round。  Murmurs。)
  DIFFERENT VOICES:   Hey?What?What is't?。 。 。
  (The people stand up in the boxes to look。)
  CUIGY:   'Tis he!
  LE BRET (terrified):   Cyrano!
  THE VOICE:   King of clowns!  Leave the stage this instant!
  ALL THE AUDIENCE (indignantly):   Oh!
  MONTFLEURY:   But。 。 。
  THE VOICE:   Do you dare defy me?
  DIFFERENT VOICES (from the pit and the boxes):   Peace!  Enough!Play on; Montfleuryfear nothing!
  MONTFLEURY (in a trembling voice):   'Heureux qui loin des cours; dans un lieu sol'
  THE VOICE (more fiercely):   Well!  Chief of all the blackguards; must I come and give you a taste of my cane?
  (A hand holding a cane starts up over the heads of the spectators。)
  MONTFLEURY (in a voice that trembles more and more):   'Heureux qui。 。 。'
  (The cane is shaken。)
  THE VOICE:   Off the stage!
  THE PIT:   Oh!
  MONTFLEURY (choking):   'Heureux qui loin des cours。 。 。'
  CYRANO (appearing suddenly in the pit; standing on a chair; his arms crossed; his beaver cocked fiercely; his mustache bristling; his nose terrible to see):   Ah!  I shall be angry in a minute!。 。 。
  (Sensation。)
  Scene 1。IV。
  The same。  Cyrano; then Bellerose; Jodelet。
  MONTFLEURY (to the marquises):   Come to my help; my lords!
  A MARQUIS (carelessly):   Go on!  Go on!
  CYRANO:     Fat man; take warning!  If you go on; I   Shall feel myself constrained to cuff your face!
  THE MARQUIS:   Have done!
  CYRANO:     And if these lords hold not their tongue   Shall feel constrained to make them taste my cane!
  ALL THE MARQUISES (rising):   Enough!。 。 。Montfleury。 。 。
  CYRANO:   If he goes not quick   I will cut off his ears and slit him up!
  A VOICE:   But。 。 。
  CYRANO:   Out he goes!
  ANOTHER VOICE:   Yet。 。 。
  CYRANO:   Is he not gone yet? (He makes the gesture of turning up his cuffs):   Good!  I shall mount the stage now; buffet…wise;   To carve this fine Italian sausagethus!
  MONTFLEURY (trying to be dignified):   You outrage Thalia in insulting me!
  CYRANO (very politely):   If that Muse; Sir; who knows you not at all;   Could claim acquaintance with youoh; believe   (Seeing how urn…like; fat; and slow you are)   That she would make you taste her buskin's sole!
  THE PIT:   Montfleury!  Montfleury!  ComeBaro's play!
  CYRANO (to those who are calling out):   I pray you have a care!  If you go on   My scabbard soon will render up its blade!
  (The circle round him widens。)
  THE CROWD (drawing back):   Take care!
  CYRANO (to Montfleury):   Leave the stage!
  THE CROWD (coming near and grumbling):   Oh!
  CYRANO:   Did some one speak?
  (They draw back again。)
  A VOICE (singing at the back):   Monsieur de Cyrano   Displays his tyrannies:   A fig for tyrants!  What; ho!   Come!  Play us 'La Clorise!'
  ALL THE PIT (singing):   'La Clorise!'  'La Clorise!'。 。 。
  CYRANO:   Let me but hear once more that foolish rhyme;   I slaughter every man of you。
  A BURGHER:   Oh!  Samson?
  CYRANO:   Yes Samson!  Will you lend your jawbone; Sir?
  A LADY (in the boxes):   Outrageous!
  A LORD:   Scandalous!
  A BURGHER:   'Tis most annoying!
  A PAGE:   Fair good sport!
  THE PIT:   Kss!Montfleury。 。 。Cyrano!
  CYRANO:   Silence!
  THE PIT (wildly excited):   Ho…o…o…o…h!  Quack!  Cock…a…doodle…doo!
  CYRANO:   I order
  A PAGE:   Miow!
  CYRANO:   I order silence; all!   And challenge the whole pit collectively!   I write your names!Approach; young heroes; here!   Each in his turn!  I cry the numbers out!   Now which of you will come to ope the lists?   You; Sir?  No!  You?  No!  The first duellist   Shall be dispatched by me with honors due!   Let all who long for death hold up their hands! (A silence):   Modest?  You fear to see my naked blade?   Not one name?Not one hand?Good; I proceed! (Turning toward the stage; where Montfleury waits in an agony):   The theater's too full; congested;I   Would clear it out。 。 。If not。 。 。 (Puts his hand on his sword):   The knife must act!
  MONTFLEURY:   I。 。 。
  CYRANO (leaves his chair; and settles himself in the middle of the circle which has formed):   I will clap my hands thrice; thusfull moon!  At the third clap; eclipse yourself!
  THE PIT (amused):   Ah!
  CYRANO (clapping his hands):   One!
  MONTFLEURY:   I。 。 。
  A VOICE (in the boxes):   Stay!
  THE PIT:   He stays。 。 。he goes。 。 。he stays。 。 。
  MONTFLEURY:   I think。 。 。Gentlemen;。 。 。
  CYRANO:   Two!
  MONTFLEURY:   I think 'twere wisest。 。 。
  CYRANO:   Three!
  (Montfleury disappears as through a trap。  Tempest of laughs; whistling cries; etc。)
  THE WHOLE HOUSE:   Coward。 。 e back!
  CYRANO (delighted;