Act 2, Scene 2 Summary

Ragueneau suffers over the decision of which of the poems to wrap patties in for two children who come into the shop. He cannot decide, so, when his wife's back is turned he gives away free patties to the children if they will leave with them unwrapped; they happily accept his offer. Cyrano enters the shop at this point.

Act 2, Scene 2 Analysis

This is a quite comedic scene, showing again Ragueneau's love of poetry and the poets. He is in agony at wrapping the children's patties in any of the poems, he cannot decide because he loves them all equally. He would rather loose money giving up free patties than give away the poems.