Plates · 74 × 58
13-cyrano-christian
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The plate
Fig. 174 across, 58 down.
The grid itself
THE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION · Arras, 1640 · no batteries required
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.----------.
| ,----, |
| | .. | | ROXANE
| | | | (at the
| '----' | window)
| || |
_____|____||____|_____
| | || | |
| '----------' |
| ^^ |
|__________||__________|
||
|| she hears
|| a beautiful
|| man
||
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| || |
| || |
.-. | .-. || |
( . ) | ( . ) <--- CHRISTIAN || |
\|/ | \|/ (handsome,|| |
| | | silent, || |
/ \ | / \ moving || |
| ^ his jaw) || |
CYRANO | | || |
(in the dark, | | || |
speaking up) | | || |
| | | || |
'---------+-----------' || |
whispered up || |
from the shrubbery || |
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T H E G A R D E N
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THE THREE OF THEM, AND WHAT EACH ONE HAS
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CYRANO ..... the words ................ and no face
CHRISTIAN .. the face ................. and no words
ROXANE ..... the whole man ............ who is not there
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Every party to this arrangement gets exactly what they asked
for. This is what makes it a tragedy rather than a trick.
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The device is named after him. Not after the mouth.
Not after the listener. After the one in the shrubbery.
wib&wob When
Has not led the front.
With
Its own note names no primer.
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