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CHAPTER 5 A LETTER FOR RAOUL |
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That Wednesday a letter also arrived for the young Vicomte de Chagny. |
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He opened the letter, saw the name at the bottom, |
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and smiled for the first time that day. |
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Dear Raoul |
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Of course I remember you! |
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How could I forget you? |
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Meet me on Thursday at three o'clock in the Tuileries Gardens. |
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Don't be angry with me,Raoul,please. |
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Christine Daaé |
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Raoul put the letter carefully into his pocket. Angry? |
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How could he be angry with an angel? |
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On Thursday he was in the Tuileries Gardens by two o'clock. |
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At ten past three he began to feel unhappy. |
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At half past three he wanted to die, |
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or to kill somebody. |
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And then… she came. |
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She ran through the gardens to him, |
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and in a second she was in his arms. |
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'Oh,Christine!'he said,again and again. |
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'Oh, Christine!'They walked through the gardens together |
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and talked for a long time. |
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They remembered their happy weeks in Brittany,four years ago. |
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'But why did you go away,Christine?' |
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Raoul asked.'Why didn't you write to me?' |
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For a minute or two Christine said nothing. |
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Then she said slowly, |
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'We were so young, you and I. |
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I was just a poor singer from Norway, |
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and you…you were the Vicomte de Chagny. |
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I knew I could never be your wife.' |
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'But I love you,Christine-' |
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'No,shh.Listen to me,Raoul,please. |
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I went home to Norway,and a year later, |
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my father died. |
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I was very unhappy |
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but I came back to France,to Paris. |
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I worked and worked at my singing, |
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because I wanted to be an opera singer. |
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Not just a good singer, |
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but the best opera singer in Paris.' |
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'And now you are,' Raoul said. |
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He smiled.'All Paris is at your feet.' |
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Christine turned her face away and said nothing. |
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'Christine,' Raoul said quietly. |
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'I want to ask you a question. |
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Who was the man in your dressing-room on Tuesday night? |
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Tell me,please!' |
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Christine stopped and stared at him. |
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Her face went white.'What man?' she whispered. |
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'There was no man in my dressing-room on Tuesday night.' |
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Raoul put his hand on her arm. |
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'I heard him,' he said. |
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'I listened outside the door and heard a man's voice. |
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Who was he?' |
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'Don't ask me,Raoul! |
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There was a man's voice,yes, |
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but there was no man in my room! |
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It's true!Oh,Raoul,I'm so afraid. |
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Sometimes I want to die.' |
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'Who is he? Tell me, Christine,please. |
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I'm your friend,I can help you. |
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Tell me his name!' |
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'I cannot tell you his name. |
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It's a secret,' whispered Christine. |
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'I never see him, I only hear his voice. |
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But he is everywhere! |
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He sees everything, hears everything. |
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That's why I didn't speak to you on Tuesday night. |
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He is my music teacher, Raoul. |
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He's a wonderful singer. |
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I sang so well on Tuesday night because of him. |
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I am famous because of him. |
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He is my angel of music! |
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And he says he loves me. |
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How can I leave him?' |