Going to say?.... Nothing. Oh! nothing, I swear it, Madam! (_Solemnly_) I swear that the spirit of Christian and his soul were.... (_correcting himself_) _are_ the greatest.... ROXANE. You said: were! (_With a shriek_). Ah!.... (_she rushes back, pushing the men aside._) CYRANO. The end has come! ROXANE (_seeing Christian laid out in his cloak_). Christian! LE BRET (_to Cyrano_). The first shot fired by the enemy! (_Roxane throws herself upon the body of Christian. Musketry again. Clash of arms. Shouts. Drums._) CARBON OF HAUGHTY-HALL (_sword in hand_). The attack! to your arms! (_Followed by the Cadets he goes to the other side of the embankment._) ROXANE (_in despair_). Christian! Christian! THE VOICE OF CARBON (_from behind the embankment_). Make haste there! ROXANE. Christian! CARBON. _Fall into line!_ ROXANE. Christian! CARBON. _Measure.... match!_ (_Ragueneau has rushed up bringing some water in a helmet._) CHRISTIAN (_in dying tone_). Roxane!.... CYRANO (_quickly and in a low tone, in the ear of Christian, while Roxane, frantic, dips into the water of the helmet a piece of linen which she has torn from her breast_). I told her all! and it is you she still loves! (_Christian closes his eyes._) ROXANE. What is it, my love? CARBON. _Ramrods.... high!_ ROXANE (_to Cyrano_). He is not dead?.... CARBON. _Open charge.... with teeth!_ ROXANE. I feel, here against mine, his cheek getting cold! CARBON (_outside_). _Take aim!_ ROXANE. A letter in his bosom! (_she opens the letter_) for me! CYRANO (_aside_). My letter! CARBON. _Fire!_ (_Musketry. Cries. Noise of battle._) CYRANO (_trying to draw away his hand that is held by Roxane, who is on her knees_). But, Roxane, I must join in the fight! ROXANE (_holding him back_). Stay just a little. He is dead, and you were the only one who really knew him. (_She weeps softly._) Is it not true that he had an exquisite soul, a marvellous one? CYRANO (_standing bareheaded_). Yes, Roxane! ROXANE. That he was a thrilling poet, an adorable one? CYRANO. Yes, Roxane! ROXANE. A sublime spirit?