READ STUDY GUIDE: Act V, scenes i-vi |
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Act V, Scene iv
| Roxane alone. Two sisters, for a moment. |
| ROXANE: |
 Ah! what a beauty in September's close! |
| My sorrow's eased. April's joy dazzled it, |
| But autumn wins it with her dying calm. |
| (She seats herself at the embroidery frame. Two sisters come out of the |
| house, and bring a large armchair under the tree): |
| There comes the famous armchair where he sits, |
| Dear faithful friend! |
| SISTER MARTHA: |
| It is the parlor's best! |
| ROXANE: |
| Thanks, sister. |
| (The sisters go): |
| He'll be here now. |
| (She seats herself. A clock strikes): |
| The hour strikes. |
| —My silks?—Why, now, the hour's struck! |
| How strange |
| To be behind his time, at last, to-day! |
| Perhaps the portress—where's my thimble?. . . |
| Here!—Is preaching to him. |
| (A pause): |
| Yes, she must be preaching! |
| Surely he must come soon!—Ah, a dead leaf!— |
| (She brushes off the leaf from her work): |
| Nothing, besides, could—scissors?—In my bag! |
| —Could hinder him. . . |
| A SISTER (coming to the steps): |
| Monsieur de Bergerac. |
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