"Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand.

In Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, Cyrano, the main character, professes his love to Roxane, whom he has loved for quite a while, but finds she is in love with another man. This man, Baron Christian de Neuvillette is in his own company, the Guards, but Cyrano does not kill him, because Cyrano is an honorable man and a great friend. An honorable person is describes as being a person deserving of a good name and public esteem. He displays these qualities through three examples: first, he saves Ligniere when one-hundred men are going to the Porte de Nesle to kill him; second, Cyrano…