Cyrano de Bergerac | Act II Summary
Act II: The Bakery of the Poets
The action shifts to Ragueneau's pastry shop, where the baker (and aspiring poet) feeds a host of local artisans in exchange for their verse and conversation. Cyrano enters, for it is here that he will meet Roxane, and he is eager to hear what he hopes will be a pronouncement of her love. Roxane tells him that she is in love, with someone "who does not know," who "loves me too," and "never says one word." However, when she describes this man as "beautiful," Cyrano knows that she cannot be speaking of him. Roxane confesses that she loves...
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