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The Romancers - A Comedy in Three Acts by Edmond Rostand
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SYLVETTE. [Waving her flowers in BERGAMIN's face] Sh! Please
don't quarrel. Of course, I understand, you can't behave quite as
old friends, and you like to quarrel a little, in a friendly way--

BERGAMIN. Of course, our hatred was so great!

SYLVETTE. A mortal hatred, too! When I think what you've said
about Papa--oh, dear! I used to sit by the wall and hear every
word! And to think you never once suspected that I came there to
meet Percinet--

PASQUINOT. [Ironically] Ah, I--

SYLVETTE. We came every day at the same hour. [To BERGAMIN]
Ha, ha, I can still hear Percinet telling you that he was going to
marry--"most romantically"! And he kept his word!

BERGAMIN. [Put out] Really? And do you think that if I had
wished--?

SYLVETTE. Now, now, now! I know lovers' dreams are always
realized, and that fathers who are mortal enemies always end by
falling into each other's arms.

PASQUINOT. Oh, let me laugh!

SYLVETTE. But we proved it!

BERGAMIN. I could say something--
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