Cyrano pulls Christian aside and tells him not to be surprised if Roxana talks of their letters. It appears that in fact Cyrano did write her more often than he told Christian - actually twice a day. He risked his life by crossing enemy lines to make certain these letters got to her - even though they have been blockaded for the past month. When Christian does talk with Roxana, he asks her why she risked her life coming to see him? It's because she wants his forgiveness for loving him for his beauty alone. She now realises that love is more than just physical beauty. Based on his letters, she would love him even if he were ugly. Christian sends her off to talk with his friends since she is the last woman's smile that they will probably see. He talks with Cyrano and tells him that Roxana not in love with him, but with his soul - and Cyrano is his soul. Christian begs Cyrano to tell Roxana everything and let her choose between the two of them. The battle begins and Christian goes off to fight as Cyrano talks with Roxana and learns the truth about her love. Yes, she would love Christian even if he were hideous. As the battle gets more intense, Roxana is escorted away before Cyrano can tell her the truth. Christian is injured and is carried back to die. As he dies, Cyrano tells him that Roxana loves him, Christian, and always has. Even though this really isn't the truth, for Cyrano it is the noble thing to do. Cyrano then goes to avenge Christian's death (and his own) just as De Guiche announces that the reinforcements have arrived. The scene shifts to a convent where nuns are caring for Roxana. It is fourteen years since Christian's death, and Roxana is still pining away for him. De Guiche comes to see her and tries to pick up her spirits. It seems that Cyrano still visits Roxana weekly and acts as her gazette. Le Bret also comes to visit and tells Roxana that Cyrano is not well, he just continues to sit alone writing satires, which make him more enemies. De Guiche is determined to not let Cyrano be pitied. He believes that Cyrano has chosen his own destiny and is living life as he wants. As Roxana escorts De Guiche out, Ragueneau enters and informs Le Bret that Cyrano has been terribly beaten and is barely alive. They go out by a back exit to find him. Roxana returns and makes certain that the nuns set a chair for her weekly visit with Cyrano. He arrives a few minutes late. It's strange because he has never been late before. Cyrano gives her the week's news. He seems weak and out of sorts; however, Cyrano tells her it is simply an old war injury. He does ask if he could read Christian's last letter. It seemed she promised him that one day he could. Full of passion, he reads the letter to her - even with out the aid of proper lighting. There she realises that Cyrano was her true love all the time - even though he says he wasn't. Le Bret and Ragueneau return to find Cyrano barely alive. It appears that an angry peasant clobbered him. Roxana begs him to live because she loves him, and she cannot lose him again. However, he tells her it is too late. As the moon begins to glow, he sees God approaching him. People may have hurt him along the way and laughed at him, but they can never take his spirit and all he stood for away from him. "One thing unstained -- by death, by doom unfingered. See it there -- a white plume Over the battle -- a diamond in the ash Of the ultimate combustion -- my panache."
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