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4,488 | 271_chapter_36 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | One morning, a man approaches Jerry at the stable and asks if he could hire Jerry regularly to drive to church on Sundays since his wife can't walk that far. Jerry tells him he doesn't have the right sort of driving license, and the man--Mr. Briggs, we're assuming--tells Jerry that it wouldn't be a problem, and "Mrs. B... | [
"36 The Sunday Cab",
"One morning, as Jerry had just put me into the shafts and was fastening\nthe traces, a gentleman walked into the yard. \"Your servant, sir,\" said\nJerry.",
"\"Good-morning, Mr. Barker,\" said the gentleman. \"I should be glad to\nmake some arrangements with you for taking Mrs. Briggs regu... |
4,489 | 271_chapter_37 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In a perfect example of good karma, Mrs. Briggs sends a message to Jerry in a few weeks asking for a cab ride. The servant says they've been trying other cabs, but "there's something wrong with them all" . After that, Mr. Briggs is back on the good customer list, although he never again asks for a Sunday ride. However,... | [
"37 The Golden Rule",
"Two or three weeks after this, as we came into the yard rather late in\nthe evening, Polly came running across the road with the lantern (she\nalways brought it to him if it was not very wet).",
"\"It has all come right, Jerry; Mrs. Briggs sent her servant this\nafternoon to ask you to ta... |
4,490 | 271_chapter_38 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Winter in London is brutal and especially hard for cab horses since they have to wait outside for hours for their fares to return from parties and other events. The weather doesn't make things easy: "When the streets were slippery with frost or snow, that was the worst of all for us horses" . Some of the cab drivers go... | [
"38 Dolly and a Real Gentleman",
"Winter came in early, with a great deal of cold and wet. There was snow,\nor sleet, or rain almost every day for weeks, changing only for keen\ndriving winds or sharp frosts. The horses all felt it very much. When\nit is a dry cold a couple of good thick rugs will keep the warmth... |
4,491 | 271_chapter_39 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Beauty takes a minute to explain that his life with Jerry is much better than the lives of many other cab horses. Jerry owns Beauty, and thus it's in his best interest to treat Beauty well. But other drivers who don't own their horses don't behave the same way--" the only thing they thought of was how to get their mone... | [
"39 Seedy Sam",
"I should say that for a cab-horse I was very well off indeed; my driver\nwas my owner, and it was his interest to treat me well and not overwork\nme, even had he not been so good a man as he was; but there were a great\nmany horses which belonged to the large cab-owners, who let them out to\nthei... |
4,492 | 271_chapter_40 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Beauty's world is starting to look a little bit grim. One day, another cab pulls up next to Beauty's, and the horse pulling it is " an old worn-out chestnut, with an ill-kept coat, and bones that showed plainly through it" . This unrecognizable horse looks at Beauty and says, "Black Beauty, is that you?" . Guess who it... | [
"40 Poor Ginger",
"One day, while our cab and many others were waiting outside one of the\nparks where music was playing, a shabby old cab drove up beside ours.\nThe horse was an old worn-out chestnut, with an ill-kept coat, and\nbones that showed plainly through it, the knees knuckled over, and the\nfore-legs we... |
4,493 | 271_chapter_41 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Beauty says he's seen a lot of trouble with London horses, " and much of it that might have been prevented by a little common sense" . It's hard for him to watch little ponies that are made to pull heavy loads--one day he sees one that reminds him of Merrylegs being whipped and mistreated. He notices that butcher's hor... | [
"41 The Butcher",
"I saw a great deal of trouble among the horses in London, and much of\nit might have been prevented by a little common sense. We horses do not\nmind hard work if we are treated reasonably, and I am sure there are\nmany driven by quite poor men who have a happier life than I had when I\nused to ... |
4,494 | 271_chapter_42 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | One afternoon Polly tells Jerry that someone named Mr. B wants to hire the cab for the election, meaning he's looking to advertise and wants a place to put his posters. Jerry refuses, saying, "I should not like to have it pasted all over with their great bills" . Polly asks Jerry if he'll vote for Mr. B, but Jerry says... | [
"42 The Election",
"As we came into the yard one afternoon Polly came out. \"Jerry! I've had\nMr. B---- here asking about your vote, and he wants to hire your cab for\nthe election; he will call for an answer.\"",
"\"Well, Polly, you may say that my cab will be otherwise engaged. I\nshould not like to have it p... |
4,495 | 271_chapter_43 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Election day is incredibly busy for Beauty and Jerry since people are rushing all over the city. Jerry's prepared a special portable lunch for Beauty to get them through the busy time, and Beauty again comments on what an outstanding master he is. Beauty eats his lunch and watches the general chaos as people rush about... | [
"43 A Friend in Need",
"The election day came at last; there was no lack of work for Jerry and\nme. First came a stout puffy gentleman with a carpet bag; he wanted to\ngo to the Bishopsgate station; then we were called by a party who wished\nto be taken to the Regent's Park; and next we were wanted in a side\nstr... |
4,496 | 271_chapter_44 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Beauty's friend and companion, Captain, soon leaves Jerry's, and Beauty explains how it happened: Captain and Jerry were coming home over London Bridge when another empty carriage came toward them, pulled by two huge horses. The man driving the horses was whipping them hard, and they were speeding across the bridge, ou... | [
"44 Old Captain and His Successor",
"Captain and I were great friends. He was a noble old fellow, and he was\nvery good company. I never thought that he would have to leave his home\nand go down the hill; but his turn came, and this was how it happened. I\nwas not there, but I heard all about it.",
"He and Jerr... |
4,497 | 271_chapter_45 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The holiday season is a busy time for cab drivers, and not a lot of fun, although they do get tons of work. The weather is also a problem: "Sometimes driver and horse have to wait for hours in the rain or frost, shivering with cold, whilst the merry people within are dancing away to the music" , Beauty says. Beauty tak... | [
"45 Jerry's New Year",
"For some people Christmas and the New Year are very merry times; but for\ncabmen and cabmen's horses it is no holiday, though it may be a harvest.\nThere are so many parties, balls, and places of amusement open that the\nwork is hard and often late. Sometimes driver and horse have to wait\... |
4,498 | 271_part_4,_chapter_46 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Beauty's next owner is a corn dealer and baker, whom Jerry picked thinking Beauty would have "good food and fair work" . Well, he's... almost right. Beauty's new master is decent enough, but unfortunately the foreman who's around more often is a very harsh taskmaster. Beauty's carter Jakes "often said that it was more ... | [
"Part IV. 46 Jakes and the Lady",
"I was sold to a corn dealer and baker, whom Jerry knew, and with him he\nthought I should have good food and fair work. In the first he was quite\nright, and if my master had always been on the premises I do not think\nI should have been overloaded, but there was a foreman who w... |
4,499 | 271_chapter_47 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | And now things take a turn for the horrible. Beauty's new master is as evil as they come: Nicholas Skinner, whose "black eyes and hooked nose" call to mind a classic Disney villain, was poor deceased Seedy Sam's boss. Are you getting the picture? Beauty is now truly miserable. Skinner is a hard-driving boss, and the ho... | [
"47 Hard Times",
"My new master I shall never forget; he had black eyes and a hooked nose,\nhis mouth was as full of teeth as a bull-dog's, and his voice was as\nharsh as the grinding of cart wheels over graveled stones. His name was\nNicholas Skinner, and I believe he was the man that poor Seedy Sam drove\nfor."... |
4,500 | 271_chapter_48 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This horse sale is a depressing place: "I found myself in company with the old broken-down horses--some lame, some broken-winded, some old, and some that I am sure it would have been merciful to shoot" , Beauty says. The patrons at the sale aren't much better, many of them poor and desperate, and Beauty really hopes it... | [
"48 Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie",
"At this sale, of course I found myself in company with the old\nbroken-down horses--some lame, some broken-winded, some old, and some\nthat I am sure it would have been merciful to shoot.",
"The buyers and sellers, too, many of them, looked not much better off\... |
4,501 | 271_chapter_49 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | One summer day, Beauty is cleaned and prepared very carefully, and Willie and his grandfather take him to a house just outside a nearby village. They pay a visit to three ladies, among them Miss Blomefield and Miss Ellen. Miss Ellen likes Beauty right away, immediately taking to his sweet expression, but the third lady... | [
"49 My Last Home",
"One day during this summer the groom cleaned and dressed me with such\nextraordinary care that I thought some new change must be at hand; he\ntrimmed my fetlocks and legs, passed the tarbrush over my hoofs, and\neven parted my forelock. I think the harness had an extra polish. Willie\nseemed h... |
4,502 | 1254_act_1__scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The curtain rises to show the interior of a dimly lighted theater. Some cavaliers enter without paying and practice fencing; they are followed by two lackeys who sit on the floor and begin gambling; a middle-class man and his son enter; then a pickpocket and his accomplices come in. Through conversations we learn that ... | [
"The public, arriving by degrees. Troopers, burghers, lackeys, pages, a\npickpocket, the doorkeeper, etc., followed by the marquises. Cuigy,\nBrissaille, the buffet-girl, the violinists, etc.",
"(A confusion of loud voices is heard outside the door. A trooper enters\nhastily.)",
"THE DOORKEEPER (following hi... |
4,503 | 1254_act_1__scenes_2-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Christian is introduced in Scene 2 by the poet, Ligniere. The poet/baker, Ragueneau, enters dressed in his Sunday best, and talks with Ligniere. He asks about Cyrano, who has forbidden Montfleury to act, but who has not yet appeared. Ragueneau describes Cyrano's nose as well as his reputation as a swordsman. When Roxan... | [
"The same. Christian, Ligniere, then Ragueneau and Le Bret.",
"CUIGY:\n Ligniere!",
"BRISSAILLE (laughing):\n Not drunk as yet?",
"LIGNIERE (aside to Christian):\n I may introduce you?\n(Christian nods in assent):\n Baron de Neuvillette.",
"(Bows.)",
"THE AUDIENCE (applauding as the first luster is l... |
4,504 | 1254_act_1__scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Montfleury tries to continue his speech, but is repeatedly interrupted by Cyrano. The audience jeers Cyrano, who offers to fight anyone who will come forward in Montfleury's defense, but no one comes. Montfleury leaves the stage. The theater manager points out to Cyrano that if he does not allow the play to proceed, th... | [
"The same. Cyrano, then Bellerose, Jodelet.",
"MONTFLEURY (to the marquises):\n Come to my help, my lords!",
"A MARQUIS (carelessly):\n Go on! Go on!",
"CYRANO:\n Fat man, take warning! If you go on, I\n Shall feel myself constrained to cuff your face!",
"THE MARQUIS:\n Have done!",
"CYRANO:\n An... |
4,505 | 1254_act_1__scenes_5-7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As Cyrano eats the frugal "meal" provided by the adoring little orange girl, Le Bret warns him that his rash actions are making powerful enemies, but Cyrano refuses to be seriously concerned. He says, "I have decided to be admirable in everything." He then confesses that he is in love with his cousin Roxane, but that h... | [
"Cyrano, Le Bret.",
"CYRANO (to Le Bret):\n Now talk--I listen.\n(He stands at the buffet, and placing before him first the macaroon):\n Dinner!. . .\n(then the grapes):\n Dessert!. . .\n(then the glass of water):\n Wine!. . .\n(he seats himself):\n So! And now to table!\n Ah! I was hungry, friend, nay, r... |
4,506 | 1254_act_2__scenes_1-2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Act II takes place in the pastry shop owned by Ragueneau, who was introduced in Act I. Ragueneau's wife, Lise, has more business sense and less love of poetry than her husband-she has made sacks out of the poems his friends have left in payment for food. Two children make a small purchase, and Lise wraps their pastries... | [
"Ragueneau, pastry-cooks, then Lise. Ragueneau is writing, with an inspired\nair, at a small table, and counting on his fingers.",
"FIRST PASTRY-COOK (bringing in an elaborate fancy dish):\n Fruits in nougat!",
"SECOND PASTRY-COOK (bringing another dish):\n Custard!",
"THIRD PASTRY-COOK (bringing a roast, ... |
4,507 | 1254_act_2__scenes_3-4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cyrano enters and Ragueneau congratulates him on the duel in the theater the night before. But Cyrano is not interested in anything except his meeting with Roxane. He asks Ragueneau to clear the place out when he gives the signal, and Ragueneau agrees. A musketeer enters who will be mentioned again later. The poets com... | [
"Ragueneau, Lise, Cyrano, then the musketeer.",
"CYRANO:\n What's o'clock?",
"RAGUENEAU (bowing low):\n Six o'clock.",
"CYRANO (with emotion):\n In one hour's time!",
"(He paces up and down the shop.)",
"RAGUENEAU (following him):\n Bravo! I saw. . .",
"CYRANO:\n Well, what saw you, then?",
"RAG... |
4,508 | 1254_act_2__scenes_5-6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cyrano fills the "poetry-sacks" with pastry for Roxane's duenna, who goes into the street to eat, then he and Roxane, who are cousins, reminisce about their childhood games. She tenderly bandages his injured hand with her handkerchief while she tells him shyly that she is in love with someone in his regiment. Cyrano's ... | [
"Cyrano, Roxane, the duenna.",
"CYRANO:\n Ah! if I see but the faint glimmer of hope, then I draw out my letter!\n(Roxane, masked, followed by the duenna, appears at the glass pane of the\ndoor. He opens quickly):\n Enter!. . .\n(Walking up to the duenna):\n Two words with you, Duenna.",
"THE DUENNA:\n Fou... |
4,509 | 1254_act_2__scenes_7-8 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Gascony Guards enter, proud of Cyrano. There is also a poet who wants to immortalize the exploit, and a newspaper editor who wants to interview Cyrano. The little pastry shop is suddenly full and noisy. Cyrano, of course, cares nothing for poets and reporters. When Le Bret asks about his interview with Roxane, Cyra... | [
"Cyrano, Ragueneau, poets, Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, the cadets, a crowd, then\nDe Guiche.",
"RAGUENEAU:\n Can we come in?",
"CYRANO (without stirring):\n Yes. . .",
"(Ragueneau signs to his friends, and they come in. At the same time, by door\nat back, enters Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, in Captain's uniform. ... |
4,510 | 1254_act_2__scenes_9-10 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Christian enters and talks with the Guards, and the other cadets tell him that he must under no circumstances mention or imply the word "nose" in Cyrano's presence. The cadets ask Cyrano to tell them about the fights of the evening before. Averse as he was to telling reporters or poets about his exploits, he enjoys tel... | [
"Cyrano, Le Bret, the cadets, Christian de Neuvillette.",
"A CADET (seated at a table, glass in hand):\n Cyrano!\n(Cyrano turns round):\n The story!",
"CYRANO:\n In its time!",
"(He goes up on Le Bret's arm. They talk in low voices.)",
"THE CADET (rising and coming down):\n The story of the fray! 'Twi... |
4,511 | 1254_act_2__scene_11 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The cadets re-enter, and much to their surprise find Christian still alive. The musketeer, deciding that one can now make fun of Cyrano's nose with impunity, tries his hand at the game. Cyrano knocks him down. | [
"Cyrano, Christian, the Gascons, the musketeer, Lise.",
"A CADET (half opening the door):\n Naught here!. . .The silence of the grave!\n I dare not look. . .\n(He puts his head in):\n Why?. . .",
"ALL THE CADETS (entering, and seeing Cyrano and Christian embracing):\n Oh!. . .",
"A CADET:\n This passes a... |
4,512 | 1254_act_3__scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Act III, entitled "Roxane's Kiss," takes place in the street under Roxane's balcony. It opens with Ragueneau telling Roxane's duenna that his wife, Lise, ran off with the musketeer. He tried to hang himself, but Cyrano saved him and brought him to Roxane to be a steward in her household. Cyrano enters, followed by musi... | [
"Ragueneau, the duenna. Then Roxane, Cyrano, and two pages.",
"RAGUENEAU:\n --And then, off she went, with a musketeer! Deserted and ruined too, I\nwould make an end of all, and so hanged myself. My last breath was drawn:--\nthen in comes Monsieur de Bergerac! He cuts me down, and begs his cousin to\ntake me... |
4,513 | 1254_act_3__scenes_2-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | De Guiche enters and tells Roxane that he has come to say goodbye. He has been placed in command of Cyrano's regiment. She tells him that if he really wants to hurt Cyrano, he should leave him and the other cadets behind, while the rest of the regiment goes on to glorious victory. De Guiche sees in this a sign that Rox... | [
"Roxane, De Guiche, the duenna standing a little way off.",
"ROXANE (courtesying to De Guiche):\n I was going out.",
"DE GUICHE:\n I come to take my leave.",
"ROXANE:\n Whither go you?",
"DE GUICHE:\n To the war.",
"ROXANE:\n Ah!",
"DE GUICHE:\n Ay, to-night.",
"ROXANE:\n Oh!",
"DE GUICHE:\n ... |
4,514 | 1254_act_3__scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Christian refuses to memorize speeches tonight. He is tired of pretense: He knows enough, he says, to take a woman in his arms. He knows that Roxane loves him, and refuses to continue this uncomfortable and demeaning role. | [
"Cyrano, Christian.",
"CYRANO:\n I know all that is needful. Here's occasion\n For you to deck yourself with glory. Come,\n Lose no time; put away those sulky looks,\n Come to your house with me, I'll teach you. . .",
"CHRISTIAN:\n No!",
"CYRANO:\n Why?",
"CHRISTIAN:\n I will wait for Roxane here."... |
4,515 | 1254_act_3__scenes_5-7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Christian tells Roxane, "I love you." "That," she replies, "is the theme. Embroider." Of course, poor Christian can think of nothing else to say. Roxane goes inside in disgust. Christian asks Cyrano to help him. Cyrano hides under Roxane's balcony and whispers to Christian, who repeats the words aloud to Roxane. At las... | [
"Christian, Roxane, the duenna.",
"ROXANE (coming out of Clomire's house, with a company of friends, whom she\nleaves. Bows and good-byes):\n Barthenoide!--Alcandre!--Gremione!--",
"THE DUENNA (bitterly disappointed):\n We've missed the speech upon the Tender Passion!",
"(Goes into Roxane's house.)",
"RO... |
4,516 | 1254_act_3__scenes_8-10 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A monk comes by, looking for Roxane's house, and Cyrano misdirects him. Christian wants Roxane's kiss, climbs the balcony, and kisses her. The monk returns. He is delivering a letter from De Guiche to Roxane. De Guiche has sent his regiment on but has stayed behind himself. The letter instructs her that he is coining t... | [
"Cyrano, Christian.",
"CHRISTIAN:\n Oh! win for me that kiss. . .",
"CYRANO:\n No!",
"CHRISTIAN:\n Soon or late!. . .",
"CYRANO:\n 'Tis true! The moment of intoxication--\n Of madness,--when your mouths are sure to meet\n Thanks to your fair mustache--and her rose lips!\n(To himself):\n I'd fainer i... |
4,517 | 1254_act_3__scenes_11-12 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cyrano has climbed to the top of the wall, and when De Guiche enters, Cyrano swings from a branch and drops down in front of him. He tells De Guiche that he came from the moon and asks where he is. In spite of himself, De Guiche is amused. When Cyrano says that he has invented six ways to travel to the moon, De Guiche ... | [
"Cyrano, De Guiche.",
"DE GUICHE (who enters, masked, feeling his way in the dark):\n What can that cursed Friar be about?",
"CYRANO:\n The devil!. . .If he knows my voice!\n(Letting go with one hand, he pretends to turn an invisible key. Solemnly):\n Cric! Crac!\n Assume thou, Cyrano, to serve the turn,\... |
4,518 | 1254_act_4__scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This act takes place in the camp of the Gascony Guards at the siege of Arras. The soldiers are all suffering from hunger, for while the French are besieging Arras, the Spanish have encircled them and no supplies can be brought to them through the lines. Cyrano, at great risk to his life, has found a way to get across t... | [
"Christian, Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, Le Bret, the cadets, then Cyrano.",
"LE BRET:\n 'Tis terrible.",
"CARBON:\n Not a morsel left.",
"LE BRET:\n Mordioux!",
"CARBON (making a sign that he should speak lower):\n Curse under your breath. You will awake them.\n(To the cadets):\n Hush! Sleep on.\n(To Le... |
4,519 | 1254_act_4__scenes_2-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The cadets complain of hunger. Cyrano tries to entertain them with his wit, but when even he cannot cheer them up, he asks an old piper to play some familiar Provencal songs for them and speaks to them of home. When Carbon protests that Cyrano is making them cry, Cyrano responds that it is nobler to cry from homesickne... | [
"The same, all but Cyrano. The day is breaking in a rosy light. The town of\nArras is golden in the horizon. The report of cannon is heard in the\ndistance, followed immediately by the beating of drums far away to the left.\nOther drums are heard much nearer. Sounds of stirring in the camp. Voices of\nofficers ... |
4,520 | 1254_act_4__scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | De Guiche enters. He says that he knows the cadets do not like him. The cadets continue smoking and playing cards as if they were not paying any attention to De Guiche. They do not want him to know how miserable they are. He tells them of his action in the war the day before. Cyrano, however, knows every detail. He kno... | [
"The same. De Guiche.",
"DE GUICHE (to Carbon):\n Good-day!\n(They examine each other. Aside, with satisfaction):\n He's green.",
"CARBON (aside):\n He has nothing left but eyes.",
"DE GUICHE (looking at the cadets):\n Here are the rebels! Ay, Sirs, on all sides\n I hear that in your ranks you scoff a... |
4,521 | 1254_act_4__scenes_5-7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When the carriage comes to a halt, everyone is astonished to see Roxane alight from it. She has charmed her way through the Spanish lines and gaily explains that this siege has gone on too long. De Guiche and Cyrano try to convince her to leave, but she refuses. The cadets are introduced to Roxane. She gives them her d... | [
"The same. Roxane.",
"DE GUICHE:\n On the King's service! You?",
"ROXANE:\n Ay,--King Love's! What other king?",
"CYRANO:\n Great God!",
"CHRISTIAN (rushing forward):\n Why have you come?",
"ROXANE:\n This siege--'tis too long!",
"CHRISTIAN:\n But why?. . .",
"ROXANE:\n I will tell you all!"... |
4,522 | 1254_act_4__scene_8 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Roxane tells Christian that she has made the dangerous journey to come to him because of the letters that he has written to her. She says that she began to know his mind and soul the night when he spoke to her under her balcony. And the letters were so powerful and so sincere, that she now wants to ask his pardon for l... | [
"Roxane, Christian. In the distance cadets coming and going. Carbon and De\nGuiche give orders.",
"ROXANE (running up to Christian):\n Ah, Christian, at last!. . .",
"CHRISTIAN (taking her hands):\n Now tell me why--\n Why, by these fearful paths so perilous--\n Across these ranks of ribald soldiery,\n Y... |
4,523 | 1254_act_4__scene_9-10 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Christian tells Cyrano that Roxane loves not him, but Cyrano, for she loves the author of the letters and the man who spoke to her under her balcony. Because she is unaware of this, Christian wants Roxane to be told the truth so that she may choose between them. He calls Roxane and exits, leaving Cyrano to explain the ... | [
"Christian, Cyrano. At back Roxane talking to Carbon and some cadets.",
"CHRISTIAN (calling toward Cyrano's tent):\n Cyrano!",
"CYRANO (reappearing, fully armed):\n What? Why so pale?",
"CHRISTIAN:\n She does not love me!",
"CYRANO:\n What?",
"CHRISTIAN:\n 'Tis you she loves!",
"CYRANO:\n No!",
... |
4,524 | 1254_act_5__scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The final act takes place in the courtyard of a convent. The sisters are awaiting Cyrano's arrival. We learn that he is poor, often hungry, and that he visits Roxane, who took refuge here after Christian's death, every Saturday. | [
"Mother Marguerite, Sister Martha, Sister Claire, other sisters.",
"SISTER MARTHA (to Mother Marguerite):\n Sister Claire glanced in the mirror, once--nay, twice, to see if her coif\nsuited.",
"MOTHER MARGUERITE (to Sister Claire):\n 'Tis not well.",
"SISTER CLAIRE:\n But I saw Sister Martha take a plum\n ... |
4,525 | 1254_act_5__scenes_2-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Roxane is talking to De Guiche, who is now the Duc de Grammont. Roxane has lived in the convent in mourning for all these years, always carrying "Christian's last letter" next to her heart. Le Bret enters. They worry about Cyrano, who always seems to be cold, hungry, and alone, and whose writings have made him new enem... | [
"Roxane; the Duke de Grammont, formerly Count de Guiche. Then Le Bret and\nRagueneau.",
"THE DUKE:\n And you stay here still--ever vainly fair,\n Ever in weeds?",
"ROXANE:\n Ever.",
"THE DUKE:\n Still faithful?",
"ROXANE:\n Still.",
"THE DUKE (after a pause):\n Am I forgiven?",
"ROXANE:\n Ay, si... |
4,526 | 1254_act_5__scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Roxane is alone. Two nuns bring Cyrano's favorite chair and place it under the tree in the courtyard. The leaves are falling and Cyrano is late. This is so unusual that Roxane is worried about him. Then a sister announces his arrival. | [
"Roxane alone. Two sisters, for a moment.",
"ROXANE:\n Ah! what a beauty in September's close!\n My sorrow's eased. April's joy dazzled it,\n But autumn wins it with her dying calm.\n(She seats herself at the embroidery frame. Two sisters come out of the\nhouse, and bring a large armchair under the tree):\n... |
4,527 | 1254_act_5__scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Roxane works on her tapestry, and does not notice that Cyrano is pale. Sister Marthe, whom he teases as usual, thinks that his pallor is caused by hunger. Cyrano begins his witty, amusing account of the week's gossip, and then nearly faints for a moment. He asks to see Roxane's last letter from Christian. Roxane gives ... | [
"Roxane, Cyrano and, for a moment, Sister Martha.",
"ROXANE (without turning round):\n What was I saying?. . .\n(She embroiders. Cyrano, very pale, his hat pulled down over his eyes,\nappears. The sister who had announced him retires. He descends the steps\nslowly, with a visible difficulty in holding himself... |
4,528 | 1254_act_5__scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Le Bret and Ragueneau enter. Cyrano says that he has barely missed everything in life -- including a noble death. Ragueneau says that Moliere has stolen a scene from one of Cyrano's plays and that it has been very well received. Cyrano says that that is the way his life has been -- Moliere has the genius; Christian had... | [
"The same. Le Bret and Ragueneau.",
"LE BRET:\n What madness! Here? I knew it well!",
"CYRANO (smiling and sitting up):\n What now?",
"LE BRET:\n He has brought his death by coming, Madame.",
"ROXANE:\n God!\n Ah, then! that faintness of a moment since. . .?",
"CYRANO:\n Why, true! It interrupte... |
4,502 | 1254_act_i,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the year 1640, the Hall of the Hotel de Bourgogne--a large, crowded Parisian theater--buzzes with activity in the minutes before a performance of the play La Clorise. People mill about and converse, divided according to their social class. A citizen guides his son through the room, impressing upon him the intellectu... | [
"The public, arriving by degrees. Troopers, burghers, lackeys, pages, a\npickpocket, the doorkeeper, etc., followed by the marquises. Cuigy,\nBrissaille, the buffet-girl, the violinists, etc.",
"(A confusion of loud voices is heard outside the door. A trooper enters\nhastily.)",
"THE DOORKEEPER (following hi... |
4,529 | 1254_act_i,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The audience waits for the play to begin. The disheveled satirist Ligniere enters, arm in arm, with the handsome young nobleman Baron Christian de Neuvillette, who tells a group of admiring marquises that he has been in Paris only two or three weeks and that he will join the guards tomorrow. Ligniere has come to report... | [
"The same. Christian, Ligniere, then Ragueneau and Le Bret.",
"CUIGY:\n Ligniere!",
"BRISSAILLE (laughing):\n Not drunk as yet?",
"LIGNIERE (aside to Christian):\n I may introduce you?\n(Christian nods in assent):\n Baron de Neuvillette.",
"(Bows.)",
"THE AUDIENCE (applauding as the first luster is l... |
4,530 | 1254_act_i,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The two marquises discuss de Guiche distastefully as he walks toward them. Christian observes their exchange. Christian decides to challenge de Guiche's lackey, Valvert, to a duel; as he reaches for his glove, with which he plans to challenge Valvert by slapping him in the face with it, he catches the hand of a pickpoc... | [
"The same, all but Ligniere. De Guiche, Valvert, then Montfleury.",
"A marquis (watching De Guiche, who comes down from Roxane's box, and crosses\nthe pit surrounded by obsequious noblemen, among them the Viscount de\nValvert):\n He pays a fine court, your De Guiche!",
"ANOTHER:\n Faugh!. . .Another Gascon!"... |
4,504 | 1254_act_i,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Act I, scene iv, after Cyrano fights in a dramatic duel, his friend Cuigy wittily claims that Cyrano's name is Dartagnan. Later, Le Bret admonishes Cyrano to "stop trying to be Three Musketeers in one. The opening scenes emphasize the importance of the theater in seventeenth-century France. The theater patrons inclu... | [
"The same. Cyrano, then Bellerose, Jodelet.",
"MONTFLEURY (to the marquises):\n Come to my help, my lords!",
"A MARQUIS (carelessly):\n Go on! Go on!",
"CYRANO:\n Fat man, take warning! If you go on, I\n Shall feel myself constrained to cuff your face!",
"THE MARQUIS:\n Have done!",
"CYRANO:\n An... |
4,531 | 1254_act_i,_scene_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Le Bret reminds Cyrano that his extravagant behavior is making him enemies. Cyrano says that the thought of having so many enemies makes him happy. Cyrano confides in Le Bret that he has insecurities concerning his nose and his romantic failures. He also reveals to Le Bret that he hates Montfleury because one day Montf... | [
"Cyrano, Le Bret.",
"CYRANO (to Le Bret):\n Now talk--I listen.\n(He stands at the buffet, and placing before him first the macaroon):\n Dinner!. . .\n(then the grapes):\n Dessert!. . .\n(then the glass of water):\n Wine!. . .\n(he seats himself):\n So! And now to table!\n Ah! I was hungry, friend, nay, r... |
4,532 | 1254_act_i,_scene_vi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Roxane's duenna appears and interrupts their conversation. She has a message for Cyrano: Roxane wants to see him. Tremendously excited, and perhaps a bit nervous, he agrees to meet her at Ragueneau's shop at seven o'clock the next morning | [
"Cyrano, Le Bret, the duenna.",
"THE DUENNA (with a low bow):\n I was bid ask you where a certain lady\n Could see her valiant cousin--but in secret.",
"CYRANO (overwhelmed):\n See me?",
"THE DUENNA (courtesying):\n Ay, Sir! She has somewhat to tell.",
"CYRANO:\n Somewhat?. . .",
"THE DUENNA (still ... |
4,533 | 1254_act_i,_scene_vii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Ligniere rushes in. He tells Cyrano about the hundred men waiting at the Porte de Nesle to kill him and announces that he is too afraid to go home. He asks if Cyrano can host him for the evening, but Cyrano scoffs: "A hundred men, you say. You'll sleep at home tonight. He declares that he will fight all hundred men and... | [
"Cyrano, Le Bret. Then actors, actresses, Cuigy, Brissaille, Ligniere, the\nporter, the violinists.",
"CYRANO (falling into Le Bret's arms):\n A rendezvous. . .from her!. . .",
"LE BRET:\n You're sad no more!",
"CYRANO:\n Ah! Let the world go burn! She knows I live!",
"LE BRET:\n Now you'll be calm, ... |
4,534 | 1254_act_ii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next morning dawns. The scene is Ragueneau's bakery. The bakery bustles with activity as Ragueneau and his pastry cooks prepare the day's wares. Obsessed with poetry, Ragueneau has written all of his recipes in the form of poems. One of the cooks delights him with a pastry lyre. Ragueneau's wife, Lise, enters furio... | [
"Ragueneau, pastry-cooks, then Lise. Ragueneau is writing, with an inspired\nair, at a small table, and counting on his fingers.",
"FIRST PASTRY-COOK (bringing in an elaborate fancy dish):\n Fruits in nougat!",
"SECOND PASTRY-COOK (bringing another dish):\n Custard!",
"THIRD PASTRY-COOK (bringing a roast, ... |
4,535 | 1254_act_ii,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Two children enter the shop and order three small pies. Ragueneau struggles to find a bag, and a poem, with which he can part. After Lise is out of sight, Ragueneau brings the children back and offers to give them more pastries if they will return the bags that have poetry written on them | [
"The same. Two children, who have just trotted into the shop.",
"RAGUENEAU:\n What would you, little ones?",
"FIRST CHILD:\n Three pies.",
"RAGUENEAU (serving them):\n See, hot and well browned.",
"SECOND CHILD:\n If it please you, Sir, will you wrap them up for us?",
"RAGUENEAU (aside, distressed):\... |
4,536 | 1254_act_ii,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cyrano appears and tells Ragueneau he is meeting someone. Noticeably nervous and jumpy, Cyrano constantly asks what time it is and cannot sit still. Lise asks Cyrano how he cut his hand, but he refuses to talk about it. A musketeer arrives and Ragueneau says the man is his wife's friend | [
"Ragueneau, Lise, Cyrano, then the musketeer.",
"CYRANO:\n What's o'clock?",
"RAGUENEAU (bowing low):\n Six o'clock.",
"CYRANO (with emotion):\n In one hour's time!",
"(He paces up and down the shop.)",
"RAGUENEAU (following him):\n Bravo! I saw. . .",
"CYRANO:\n Well, what saw you, then?",
"RAG... |
4,537 | 1254_act_ii,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Some poets arrive and begin eating Ragueneau's wares, describing the food poetically and thereby delighting the baker. Cyrano tries to write something to Roxane. When Ragueneau leaves, Cyrano warns Lise that Ragueneau is his friend and that he will not tolerate her having an affair with the musketeer. The musketeer hea... | [
"Ragueneau, Lise, the musketeer. Cyrano at the little table writing. The\npoets, dressed in black, their stockings ungartered, and covered with mud.",
"LISE (entering, to Ragueneau):\n Here they come, your mud-bespattered friends!",
"FIRST POET (entering, to Ragueneau):\n Brother in art!. . .",
"SECOND PO... |
4,538 | 1254_act_ii,_scene_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Roxane arrives. Overcome with love, Cyrano sends everyone else away. He gives the duenna pastries to distract her while he and Roxane spend time together | [
"Cyrano, Roxane, the duenna.",
"CYRANO:\n Ah! if I see but the faint glimmer of hope, then I draw out my letter!\n(Roxane, masked, followed by the duenna, appears at the glass pane of the\ndoor. He opens quickly):\n Enter!. . .\n(Walking up to the duenna):\n Two words with you, Duenna.",
"THE DUENNA:\n Fou... |
4,539 | 1254_act_ii,_scene_vi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cyrano and Roxane begin to talk alone. Cyrano anxiously asks Roxane to state why she has come to talk to him. She shrugs off his insistence, and they reminisce about the childhood summers they spent together. She tends to his wounded hand, and Cyrano tells her he injured it in a fight the night before in which he defea... | [
"Cyrano, Roxane.",
"CYRANO:\n Blessed be the moment when you condescend--\n Remembering that humbly I exist--\n To come to meet me, and to say. . .to tell?. . .",
"ROXANE (who has unmasked):\n To thank you first of all. That dandy count,\n Whom you checkmated in brave sword-play\n Last night,. . .he is t... |
4,540 | 1254_act_ii,_scene_vii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cyrano's company of guards tumbles into the shop, ecstatic over Cyrano's triumphs the night before. The whole city is in a tumult over the sensation he created. Carbon, the captain of the guards, tries to lead Cyrano out into the adoring throng, but Cyrano refuses to go. People begin rushing into the store, doting on C... | [
"Cyrano, Ragueneau, poets, Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, the cadets, a crowd, then\nDe Guiche.",
"RAGUENEAU:\n Can we come in?",
"CYRANO (without stirring):\n Yes. . .",
"(Ragueneau signs to his friends, and they come in. At the same time, by door\nat back, enters Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, in Captain's uniform. ... |
4,541 | 1254_act_ii,_scene_viii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Le Bret argues that Cyrano is ruining his chances of becoming a successful man or a famous poet. Cyrano says he will live according to his ideals and that he has no interest in making friends with unworthy men. Suddenly, Christian enters | [
"Cyrano, Le Bret, the cadets, who are eating and drinking at the tables right\nand left.",
"CYRANO (bowing mockingly to those who go out without daring to salute him):\n Gentlemen. . .Gentlemen. . .",
"LE BRET (coming back, despairingly):\n Here's a fine coil!",
"CYRANO:\n Oh! scold away!",
"LE BRET:\n ... |
4,542 | 1254_act_ii,_scene_ix | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The other guardsmen, not privy to Cyrano's vow to Roxane, tease Christian and warn him never to mention Cyrano's nose. Christian, upset that he is being teased, asks Carbon what to do when Gascons grow too boastful. Carbon replies that he must prove a man can be a Norman and still have courage. So when Cyrano begins to... | [
"Cyrano, Le Bret, the cadets, Christian de Neuvillette.",
"A CADET (seated at a table, glass in hand):\n Cyrano!\n(Cyrano turns round):\n The story!",
"CYRANO:\n In its time!",
"(He goes up on Le Bret's arm. They talk in low voices.)",
"THE CADET (rising and coming down):\n The story of the fray! 'Twi... |
4,543 | 1254_act_ii,_scene_x | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Rather than killing Christian, Cyrano embraces him and reveals that he is Roxane's cousin. Christian proclaims that he simply cannot write to Roxane because he is too stupid--he thinks she will lose all feeling for him the moment she reads his words. Struck by a powerful idea, Cyrano offers to write letters for Christi... | [
"Cyrano, Christian.",
"CYRANO:\n Embrace me now!",
"CHRISTIAN:\n Sir. . .",
"CYRANO:\n You are brave.",
"CHRISTIAN:\n Oh! but. . .",
"CYRANO:\n Nay, I insist.",
"CHRISTIAN:\n Pray tell me. . .",
"CYRANO:\n Come, embrace! I am her brother.",
"CHRISTIAN:\n Whose brother?",
"CYRANO:\n Hers ... |
4,511 | 1254_act_ii,_scene_xi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The cadets return to the room, stunned to see that not only is Christian still alive, but that he is embracing Cyrano. Lise's musketeer decides to follow Christian's lead and insults Cyrano's nose. Cyrano knocks him over a bench. The cadets, pleased to have their old Cyrano back, rejoice. | [
"Cyrano, Christian, the Gascons, the musketeer, Lise.",
"A CADET (half opening the door):\n Naught here!. . .The silence of the grave!\n I dare not look. . .\n(He puts his head in):\n Why?. . .",
"ALL THE CADETS (entering, and seeing Cyrano and Christian embracing):\n Oh!. . .",
"A CADET:\n This passes a... |
4,512 | 1254_act_iii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Ragueneau sits outside Roxane's house conversing with her duenna. He tells the duenna that his wife, Lise, ran off with a musketeer and that his bakery is ruined. He says that he tried to hang himself but that Cyrano found him, cut him down, and made him Roxane's steward. The duenna calls up to Roxane, telling her to h... | [
"Ragueneau, the duenna. Then Roxane, Cyrano, and two pages.",
"RAGUENEAU:\n --And then, off she went, with a musketeer! Deserted and ruined too, I\nwould make an end of all, and so hanged myself. My last breath was drawn:--\nthen in comes Monsieur de Bergerac! He cuts me down, and begs his cousin to\ntake me... |
4,544 | 1254_act_iii,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | De Guiche tells Roxane that he has come to say farewell. He has been made a colonel of an army regiment that is leaving that night to fight in the war with Spain. He mentions that the regiment includes Cyrano's guards, and he grimly predicts that he and Cyrano will have a reckoning. Afraid for Christian's safety if he ... | [
"Roxane, De Guiche, the duenna standing a little way off.",
"ROXANE (courtesying to De Guiche):\n I was going out.",
"DE GUICHE:\n I come to take my leave.",
"ROXANE:\n Whither go you?",
"DE GUICHE:\n To the war.",
"ROXANE:\n Ah!",
"DE GUICHE:\n Ay, to-night.",
"ROXANE:\n Oh!",
"DE GUICHE:\n ... |
4,545 | 1254_act_iii,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Roxane expects Christian to come visit her, and she tells the duenna to make him wait if he does. Cyrano presses Roxane to disclose that instead of questioning Christian on any particular subject, she plans to make Christian improvise about love. Cyrano agrees that he will not tell Christian the details of her plot, a ... | [
"Roxane, The duenna, Cyrano.",
"ROXANE:\n We are going to Clomire's house.\n(She points to the door opposite):\n Alcandre and Lysimon are to discourse!",
"THE DUENNA (putting her little finger in her ear):\n Yes! But my little finger tells me we shall miss them.",
"CYRANO:\n 'Twere a pity to miss such ap... |
4,514 | 1254_act_iii,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cyrano tries to help Christian prepare for his meeting with Roxane. He urges Christian to learn lines Cyrano has written. But Christian refuses. He says he wants to speak to Roxane in his own words, and Cyrano bows to Christian, saying, "Speak for yourself, sir. | [
"Cyrano, Christian.",
"CYRANO:\n I know all that is needful. Here's occasion\n For you to deck yourself with glory. Come,\n Lose no time; put away those sulky looks,\n Come to your house with me, I'll teach you. . .",
"CHRISTIAN:\n No!",
"CYRANO:\n Why?",
"CHRISTIAN:\n I will wait for Roxane here."... |
4,512 | 1254_act_iii,_scene_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Roxane and the duenna return. Roxane and Christian sit outdoors, and Roxane asks Christian to tell her how he loves her. He tries, but all he can say is "I love you," "I adore you," "I love you very much," and other simple variations. Angry, Roxane goes into the house. Cyrano returns, ironically congratulating Christia... | [
"Ragueneau, the duenna. Then Roxane, Cyrano, and two pages.",
"RAGUENEAU:\n --And then, off she went, with a musketeer! Deserted and ruined too, I\nwould make an end of all, and so hanged myself. My last breath was drawn:--\nthen in comes Monsieur de Bergerac! He cuts me down, and begs his cousin to\ntake me... |
4,544 | 1254_act_iii,_scene_vi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Seeing a light in Roxane's window, Christian asks Cyrano for help. In the dark, Cyrano hides underneath Roxane's balcony while Christian stands in front of it. He throws gravel at Roxane's window, and when she comes out, Cyrano whispers words for Christian to recite | [
"Roxane, De Guiche, the duenna standing a little way off.",
"ROXANE (courtesying to De Guiche):\n I was going out.",
"DE GUICHE:\n I come to take my leave.",
"ROXANE:\n Whither go you?",
"DE GUICHE:\n To the war.",
"ROXANE:\n Ah!",
"DE GUICHE:\n Ay, to-night.",
"ROXANE:\n Oh!",
"DE GUICHE:\n ... |
4,545 | 1254_act_iii,_scene_vii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Moved by Christian's words, Roxane then asks why he speaks so haltingly. Impatient, Cyrano thrusts Christian under the balcony and takes his place, still hidden in darkness. Speaking in a low voice, he confides in Roxane the things he has always longed to tell her. As Roxane becomes more and more hypnotized by Cyrano's... | [
"Roxane, The duenna, Cyrano.",
"ROXANE:\n We are going to Clomire's house.\n(She points to the door opposite):\n Alcandre and Lysimon are to discourse!",
"THE DUENNA (putting her little finger in her ear):\n Yes! But my little finger tells me we shall miss them.",
"CYRANO:\n 'Twere a pity to miss such ap... |
4,514 | 1254_act_iii,_scene_viii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A Capuchin priest enters, having found his way to Roxane's house. He presents a letter from de Guiche. The letter says that de Guiche has escaped his military service by hiding in a convent. Pretending to read it aloud, Roxane says that de Guiche desires the Capuchin to marry Roxane and Christian on the spot. The Capuc... | [
"Cyrano, Christian.",
"CYRANO:\n I know all that is needful. Here's occasion\n For you to deck yourself with glory. Come,\n Lose no time; put away those sulky looks,\n Come to your house with me, I'll teach you. . .",
"CHRISTIAN:\n No!",
"CYRANO:\n Why?",
"CHRISTIAN:\n I will wait for Roxane here."... |
4,512 | 1254_act_iii,_scene_ix | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cyrano waits outside to prevent de Guiche from disrupting the impromptu wedding | [
"Ragueneau, the duenna. Then Roxane, Cyrano, and two pages.",
"RAGUENEAU:\n --And then, off she went, with a musketeer! Deserted and ruined too, I\nwould make an end of all, and so hanged myself. My last breath was drawn:--\nthen in comes Monsieur de Bergerac! He cuts me down, and begs his cousin to\ntake me... |
4,544 | 1254_act_iii,_scene_x | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | De Guiche appears. Covering his face with his hat, Cyrano leaps onto de Guiche from a tree. Pretending to be a person who has just fallen from the moon, he distracts de Guiche with an insane speech about his experiences in space. At last he removes his hat, reveals himself as Cyrano, and announces that Roxane and Chris... | [
"Roxane, De Guiche, the duenna standing a little way off.",
"ROXANE (courtesying to De Guiche):\n I was going out.",
"DE GUICHE:\n I come to take my leave.",
"ROXANE:\n Whither go you?",
"DE GUICHE:\n To the war.",
"ROXANE:\n Ah!",
"DE GUICHE:\n Ay, to-night.",
"ROXANE:\n Oh!",
"DE GUICHE:\n ... |
4,545 | 1254_act_iii,_scene_xi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The couple comes out of the house. De Guiche coldly congratulates them but orders Roxane to bid her husband farewell: the guards will go to the war after all, and they will depart immediately. De Guiche triumphantly tells Cyrano that the wedding night will have to wait. Under his breath, Cyrano remarks that the news fa... | [
"Roxane, The duenna, Cyrano.",
"ROXANE:\n We are going to Clomire's house.\n(She points to the door opposite):\n Alcandre and Lysimon are to discourse!",
"THE DUENNA (putting her little finger in her ear):\n Yes! But my little finger tells me we shall miss them.",
"CYRANO:\n 'Twere a pity to miss such ap... |
4,518 | 1254_act_iv,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the siege of Arras, the Cadets of Carbon de Castel-Jaloux languish, surrounded by the encamped Spaniards and lacking food and water. Le Bret keeps watch with Carbon early one morning, and they discuss the plight of the soldiers. They hear gunfire in the distance, and Cyrano runs in. Every morning he has been crossin... | [
"Christian, Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, Le Bret, the cadets, then Cyrano.",
"LE BRET:\n 'Tis terrible.",
"CARBON:\n Not a morsel left.",
"LE BRET:\n Mordioux!",
"CARBON (making a sign that he should speak lower):\n Curse under your breath. You will awake them.\n(To the cadets):\n Hush! Sleep on.\n(To Le... |
4,546 | 1254_act_iv,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Dawn breaks, drums sound, and Cyrano goes off to write another letter. The cadets awaken and complain about their hunger. There is talk of a mutiny, and Carbon asks Cyrano for his help | [
"The same, all but Cyrano. The day is breaking in a rosy light. The town of\nArras is golden in the horizon. The report of cannon is heard in the\ndistance, followed immediately by the beating of drums far away to the left.\nOther drums are heard much nearer. Sounds of stirring in the camp. Voices of\nofficers ... |
4,547 | 1254_act_iv,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cyrano comes out and talks to the cadets, restoring morale with a clever speech and his passionate commitment to the cause. He implores a piper to play a song from Provence, and though the cadets become tearfully homesick, they do forget about their hunger. De Guiche enters, evoking a general murmur of resentment from ... | [
"The SAME. Cyrano.",
"CYRANO (appearing from the tent, very calm, with a pen stuck behind his ear\nand a book in his hand):\n What is wrong?\n(Silence. To the first cadet):\n Why drag you your legs so sorrowfully?",
"THE CADET:\n I have something in my heels which weighs them down.",
"CYRANO:\n And what... |
4,520 | 1254_act_iv,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Prompted by Cyrano, de Guiche boasts of his conduct in the previous day's battle when, to confuse the Spaniards, he flung away the white plume that marked him as an officer. Cyrano then proclaims that a courageous man would never have flung away the white plume, and he offers to wear it in the next bout of fighting. De... | [
"The same. De Guiche.",
"DE GUICHE (to Carbon):\n Good-day!\n(They examine each other. Aside, with satisfaction):\n He's green.",
"CARBON (aside):\n He has nothing left but eyes.",
"DE GUICHE (looking at the cadets):\n Here are the rebels! Ay, Sirs, on all sides\n I hear that in your ranks you scoff a... |
4,548 | 1254_act_iv,_scene_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | De Guiche thinks that the coach is from the king's service. But Roxane delightfully surprises both him and the other men when she climbs down from the coach. She says that the war was lasting too long and that she had to see Christian. Cyrano, Christian, and de Guiche tell her she must leave immediately because the Spa... | [
"The same. Roxane.",
"DE GUICHE:\n On the King's service! You?",
"ROXANE:\n Ay,--King Love's! What other king?",
"CYRANO:\n Great God!",
"CHRISTIAN (rushing forward):\n Why have you come?",
"ROXANE:\n This siege--'tis too long!",
"CHRISTIAN:\n But why?. . .",
"ROXANE:\n I will tell you all!"... |
4,549 | 1254_act_iv,_scene_vi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Carbon presents the company to Roxane, and, to their surprise and delight, she produces Ragueneau--and the feast that he has prepared for the cadets--from the coach. The men gorge themselves, but when de Guiche reappears, they hide the food | [
"The same, all but De Guiche.",
"CHRISTIAN (entreatingly):\n Roxane!",
"ROXANE:\n No!",
"FIRST CADET (to the others):\n She stays!",
"ALL (hurrying, hustling each other, tidying themselves):\n A comb!--Soap!--My uniform is torn!--A needle!--A ribbon!--Lend your\nmirror!--My cuffs!--Your curling-iron!--A... |
4,550 | 1254_act_iv,_scene_vii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | De Guiche announces that if Roxane stays for the battle, he will stay to fight as well. The men decide that he must be a Gascon after all, and they offer him some food. He refuses, and they are even more impressed. Cyrano tells Christian that he has written Roxane more often than Christian thought--in fact, every day. ... | [
"The same. De Guiche.",
"DE GUICHE:\n It smells good here.",
"A CADET (humming):\n Lo! Lo-lo!",
"DE GUICHE (looking at him):\n What is the matter?--You are very red.",
"THE CADET:\n The matter?--Nothing!--'Tis my blood--boiling at the thought of the coming\nbattle!",
"ANOTHER:\n Poum, poum--poum. .... |
4,522 | 1254_act_iv,_scene_viii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Christian asks why Roxane risked death to see him again, and she says that she was driven mad by his beautiful love letters. She says that, at first, she loved only his beauty, but now she has forgotten about his beauty and loves his inner self, the soul she felt in the letters. When Roxane says she would love him even... | [
"Roxane, Christian. In the distance cadets coming and going. Carbon and De\nGuiche give orders.",
"ROXANE (running up to Christian):\n Ah, Christian, at last!. . .",
"CHRISTIAN (taking her hands):\n Now tell me why--\n Why, by these fearful paths so perilous--\n Across these ranks of ribald soldiery,\n Y... |
4,551 | 1254_act_iv,_scene_ix | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Christian tells Cyrano that Roxane is no longer in love with him. Instead, he says, she loves his "soul" and that means she loves Cyrano. He accuses Cyrano of secretly returning her love. Cyrano cannot deny it. Christian says that Cyrano must tell Roxane and ask her to choose between them. Christian calls Roxane and ru... | [
"Christian, Cyrano. At back Roxane talking to Carbon and some cadets.",
"CHRISTIAN (calling toward Cyrano's tent):\n Cyrano!",
"CYRANO (reappearing, fully armed):\n What? Why so pale?",
"CHRISTIAN:\n She does not love me!",
"CYRANO:\n What?",
"CHRISTIAN:\n 'Tis you she loves!",
"CYRANO:\n No!",
... |
4,552 | 1254_act_iv,_scene_x | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The men run off to fight, and Roxane collapses over Christian's body. Cyrano leans down and whispers into Christian's ear that he told Roxane the secret, and that she chose Christian. The battle breaks out all around them and Christian closes his eyes, dead. Next to Christian's heart, Roxane finds the farewell letter t... | [
"Roxane, Cyrano. Then Le Bret, Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, the cadets, Ragueneau,\nDe Guiche, etc.",
"ROXANE:\n Important, how?",
"CYRANO (in despair. to Roxane):\n He's gone! 'Tis naught!--Oh, you know how he sees\n Importance in a trifle!",
"ROXANE (warmly):\n Did he doubt\n Of what I said?--Ah, yes, I ... |
4,524 | 1254_act_v,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Fifteen years later, in 1655, the nuns of the Convent of the Ladies of the Cross in Paris talk about Cyrano. They say he makes them laugh, and they remark how he has come every week for more than ten years to visit his cousin Roxane, who first came to live in the convent after the death of her husband | [
"Mother Marguerite, Sister Martha, Sister Claire, other sisters.",
"SISTER MARTHA (to Mother Marguerite):\n Sister Claire glanced in the mirror, once--nay, twice, to see if her coif\nsuited.",
"MOTHER MARGUERITE (to Sister Claire):\n 'Tis not well.",
"SISTER CLAIRE:\n But I saw Sister Martha take a plum\n ... |
4,553 | 1254_act_v,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Roxane enters the park of the convent accompanied by de Guiche, who, now an old man, is still magnificent and one of the most powerful nobles in France. He asks Roxane if she is still faithful to Christian's memory, and she says she is. He asks if she has forgiven him, and she replies, "I am here. She says that she alw... | [
"Roxane; the Duke de Grammont, formerly Count de Guiche. Then Le Bret and\nRagueneau.",
"THE DUKE:\n And you stay here still--ever vainly fair,\n Ever in weeds?",
"ROXANE:\n Ever.",
"THE DUKE:\n Still faithful?",
"ROXANE:\n Still.",
"THE DUKE (after a pause):\n Am I forgiven?",
"ROXANE:\n Ay, si... |
4,554 | 1254_act_v,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Ragueneau rushes in and appears upset. As Roxane leaves to talk with de Guiche, Ragueneau tells Le Bret that as Cyrano strolled beneath a high window, some lackeys pushed a massive log of wood down onto him, breaking his skull. He is barely alive. If he tries to raise his head, he may die. Le Bret and Ragueneau hasten ... | [
"Le Bret, Ragueneau.",
"RAGUENEAU:\n Since you are here, 'tis best she should not know!\n I was going to your friend just now--was but\n A few steps from the house, when I saw him\n Go out. I hurried to him. Saw him turn\n The corner. . .suddenly, from out a window\n Where he was passing--was it chance?. ... |
4,526 | 1254_act_v,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | After they leave, Roxane reemerges and sits down beneath an autumn tree to sew. A nun announces Cyrano's arrival | [
"Roxane alone. Two sisters, for a moment.",
"ROXANE:\n Ah! what a beauty in September's close!\n My sorrow's eased. April's joy dazzled it,\n But autumn wins it with her dying calm.\n(She seats herself at the embroidery frame. Two sisters come out of the\nhouse, and bring a large armchair under the tree):\n... |
4,527 | 1254_act_v,_scene_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cyrano enters. He is pale and seems to be suffering. But he talks happily to Roxane, becoming solemn only when he tells her that he must go before nightfall. Roxane protests, then reminds Cyrano to tease the nuns, and he stuns Sister Marthe by cheerfully declaring that he will let her pray for him that night at vespers... | [
"Roxane, Cyrano and, for a moment, Sister Martha.",
"ROXANE (without turning round):\n What was I saying?. . .\n(She embroiders. Cyrano, very pale, his hat pulled down over his eyes,\nappears. The sister who had announced him retires. He descends the steps\nslowly, with a visible difficulty in holding himself... |
4,528 | 1254_act_v,_scene_vi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Suddenly, Ragueneau and Le Bret rush in and announce with horror that Cyrano has come to the convent in a physically weakened state. Cyrano says he has not finished his gazette. He adds that on Saturday the 26th, an hour before dinner, Monsieur de Bergerac was murdered. He removes his hat and shows his head swathed in ... | [
"The same. Le Bret and Ragueneau.",
"LE BRET:\n What madness! Here? I knew it well!",
"CYRANO (smiling and sitting up):\n What now?",
"LE BRET:\n He has brought his death by coming, Madame.",
"ROXANE:\n God!\n Ah, then! that faintness of a moment since. . .?",
"CYRANO:\n Why, true! It interrupte... |
4,502 | 1254_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene one opens in a famous French theater, where Balthazar Baro's play La Clorise, starring Montfleury, is to be performed. People are beginning to arrive for the performance. The patrons to arrive first include military men, tradesmen , and pages. Two lackeys come in and sit on the floor to gamble. Some cavaliers ent... | [
"The public, arriving by degrees. Troopers, burghers, lackeys, pages, a\npickpocket, the doorkeeper, etc., followed by the marquises. Cuigy,\nBrissaille, the buffet-girl, the violinists, etc.",
"(A confusion of loud voices is heard outside the door. A trooper enters\nhastily.)",
"THE DOORKEEPER (following hi... |
4,529 | 1254_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Ligniere introduces Christian de Neuvillette to two gentlemen, Cuigy and Brissaille, who comment on his elegant appearance but outmoded clothes. Ligniere explains that his friend has come from Touraine, and Christian adds that he is entering the Guards as a Cadet. When Ligniere grows restless and wants to leave and get... | [
"The same. Christian, Ligniere, then Ragueneau and Le Bret.",
"CUIGY:\n Ligniere!",
"BRISSAILLE (laughing):\n Not drunk as yet?",
"LIGNIERE (aside to Christian):\n I may introduce you?\n(Christian nods in assent):\n Baron de Neuvillette.",
"(Bows.)",
"THE AUDIENCE (applauding as the first luster is l... |
4,530 | 1254_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Two gentlemen discuss Count De Guiche, a man of importance who is described as a morally flexible and coldly calculating Gascon. As the two of them try to flatter the count, they reference his ability to defeat the Spaniards in Flanders. At the same time, Christian is still planning to challenge De Guiche in order to d... | [
"The same, all but Ligniere. De Guiche, Valvert, then Montfleury.",
"A marquis (watching De Guiche, who comes down from Roxane's box, and crosses\nthe pit surrounded by obsequious noblemen, among them the Viscount de\nValvert):\n He pays a fine court, your De Guiche!",
"ANOTHER:\n Faugh!. . .Another Gascon!"... |
4,504 | 1254_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene 4 begins with Cyrano standing his ground against the audience, which is loudly insisting that Montfleury should not stop his performance. Cyrano threatens to draw his sword and fight anyone in the audience who dares to challenge him. He then insults the actor and chases him off the stage. Next Cyrano criticizes t... | [
"The same. Cyrano, then Bellerose, Jodelet.",
"MONTFLEURY (to the marquises):\n Come to my help, my lords!",
"A MARQUIS (carelessly):\n Go on! Go on!",
"CYRANO:\n Fat man, take warning! If you go on, I\n Shall feel myself constrained to cuff your face!",
"THE MARQUIS:\n Have done!",
"CYRANO:\n An... |
4,531 | 1254_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | LeBret is appalled by the actions of Cyrano at the theater. He is certain that his friend has made a large number of enemies because of his outlandish behavior. Cyrano, however, is proud of how he has acted. He feels he has done what is right, which gives him a clear conscience. This is important to Cyrano, who tries "... | [
"Cyrano, Le Bret.",
"CYRANO (to Le Bret):\n Now talk--I listen.\n(He stands at the buffet, and placing before him first the macaroon):\n Dinner!. . .\n(then the grapes):\n Dessert!. . .\n(then the glass of water):\n Wine!. . .\n(he seats himself):\n So! And now to table!\n Ah! I was hungry, friend, nay, r... |
4,532 | 1254_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In this short scene, Roxane's governess enters, bringing a message for Cyrano. Roxane desires to speak to him privately the next morning. Cyrano, overcome with happiness at the thought of talking with his true love, suggests that they meet at Ragueneau's bakery. | [
"Cyrano, Le Bret, the duenna.",
"THE DUENNA (with a low bow):\n I was bid ask you where a certain lady\n Could see her valiant cousin--but in secret.",
"CYRANO (overwhelmed):\n See me?",
"THE DUENNA (courtesying):\n Ay, Sir! She has somewhat to tell.",
"CYRANO:\n Somewhat?. . .",
"THE DUENNA (still ... |
4,533 | 1254_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As this scene opens, Cyrano is in a state of frenzied exhilaration because Roxane has acknowledged his existence. He wishes to prove his worth to her by showing his valor. Two gentlemen, Cuigy and Brissaille, enter with the drunken Ligniere, who declares that a hundred men are waiting to attack him. Cyrano offers to of... | [
"Cyrano, Le Bret. Then actors, actresses, Cuigy, Brissaille, Ligniere, the\nporter, the violinists.",
"CYRANO (falling into Le Bret's arms):\n A rendezvous. . .from her!. . .",
"LE BRET:\n You're sad no more!",
"CYRANO:\n Ah! Let the world go burn! She knows I live!",
"LE BRET:\n Now you'll be calm, ... |
4,534 | 1254_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next morning Ragueneau is seen in his pastry shop. He is laboriously composing a poem while supervising his cooks. Lise, his practical wife, enters. She is carrying paper bags, which she made out of the sheets on which Ragueneau's poet friends have written their verses. Since the poets rarely pay for what they eat ... | [
"Ragueneau, pastry-cooks, then Lise. Ragueneau is writing, with an inspired\nair, at a small table, and counting on his fingers.",
"FIRST PASTRY-COOK (bringing in an elaborate fancy dish):\n Fruits in nougat!",
"SECOND PASTRY-COOK (bringing another dish):\n Custard!",
"THIRD PASTRY-COOK (bringing a roast, ... |
4,535 | 1254_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Two children enter the pastry shop and purchase some pastries. Ragueneau is reluctant to pack them in the bags with poetry on them, but Lise insists. While she is occupied elsewhere, he calls the children back and offers them free pastries in exchange for the bag with a poem on it. The children agree to the bargain. | [
"The same. Two children, who have just trotted into the shop.",
"RAGUENEAU:\n What would you, little ones?",
"FIRST CHILD:\n Three pies.",
"RAGUENEAU (serving them):\n See, hot and well browned.",
"SECOND CHILD:\n If it please you, Sir, will you wrap them up for us?",
"RAGUENEAU (aside, distressed):\... |
4,536 | 1254_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene opens with Cyrano's arrival at the bakery for his meeting with Roxane. Upon his entry, Ragueneau is distracted from the paper bags covered with verse. He praises Cyrano for his duel that was fought while composing a ballad. Cyrano asks Ragueneau to let him use the shop as a private meeting place. The baker a... | [
"Ragueneau, Lise, Cyrano, then the musketeer.",
"CYRANO:\n What's o'clock?",
"RAGUENEAU (bowing low):\n Six o'clock.",
"CYRANO (with emotion):\n In one hour's time!",
"(He paces up and down the shop.)",
"RAGUENEAU (following him):\n Bravo! I saw. . .",
"CYRANO:\n Well, what saw you, then?",
"RAG... |
4,537 | 1254_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Several poets arrive at the bakery. They are talking about the fight that took place at the Porte de Nesle. During the fight, eight people were wounded by a single swordsman, whose identity is unknown. Cyrano pays the poets little attention. He is completely absorbed in writing his love letter and thinking about his me... | [
"Ragueneau, Lise, the musketeer. Cyrano at the little table writing. The\npoets, dressed in black, their stockings ungartered, and covered with mud.",
"LISE (entering, to Ragueneau):\n Here they come, your mud-bespattered friends!",
"FIRST POET (entering, to Ragueneau):\n Brother in art!. . .",
"SECOND PO... |
4,538 | 1254_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | After the bakery has been cleared, Roxane arrives with her governess. Wanting to be totally alone with her, Cyrano packs pastries into one of Lise's paper bags with poetry and sends the governess out to eat them. He then expresses to Roxane his pleasure over her acknowledgement of his existence. She, in turn, thanks hi... | [
"Cyrano, Roxane, the duenna.",
"CYRANO:\n Ah! if I see but the faint glimmer of hope, then I draw out my letter!\n(Roxane, masked, followed by the duenna, appears at the glass pane of the\ndoor. He opens quickly):\n Enter!. . .\n(Walking up to the duenna):\n Two words with you, Duenna.",
"THE DUENNA:\n Fou... |
4,539 | 1254_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | After the bakery has been cleared, Roxane arrives with her governess. Wanting to be totally alone with her, Cyrano packs pastries into one of Lise's paper bags with poetry and sends the governess out to eat them. He then expresses to Roxane his pleasure over her acknowledgement of his existence. She, in turn, thanks hi... | [
"Cyrano, Roxane.",
"CYRANO:\n Blessed be the moment when you condescend--\n Remembering that humbly I exist--\n To come to meet me, and to say. . .to tell?. . .",
"ROXANE (who has unmasked):\n To thank you first of all. That dandy count,\n Whom you checkmated in brave sword-play\n Last night,. . .he is t... |
4,540 | 1254_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Ragueneau and the poets return. Since they have learned that Cyrano was the brave swordsman at the Porte de Nesle, one of the poets wants to write a verse about Cyrano's feat; Cyrano, however, is not interested. Immediately after them enter a group of men from Cyrano's regiment, led by Captain Carbon de Castel Jaloux. ... | [
"Cyrano, Ragueneau, poets, Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, the cadets, a crowd, then\nDe Guiche.",
"RAGUENEAU:\n Can we come in?",
"CYRANO (without stirring):\n Yes. . .",
"(Ragueneau signs to his friends, and they come in. At the same time, by door\nat back, enters Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, in Captain's uniform. ... |
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