cyrano de bergerac

Q-" Roxane- " Oh, I quite love you! Now I must go But you have not yet told me about last nights encounter.  It must have been amazing! Tell him to write to me. I love you dearly!

Q- Why doesn't he just tell her that he loves her surely she wouldn't deny him?

C-  When she was telling him that she loved him, I'm sure he probably wished that she meant more than she actually did, he obviously is in love with her,but he thinks he isn't worthy of her love, but in actuality he only truly loves her for her beauty, so why is she worthy of his love but he not worthy of his, when he is a man of intellect and courage, but all that she has to claim to herself is her looks.