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CHAPTER 7 MY ANGEL OF MUSIC |
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For a week Raoul saw Christine every day. |
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Some days Christine was quiet and unhappy, |
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some days she laughed and sang. |
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She never wanted to talk about the Opera House, |
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or her singing, or Raoul's love for her. |
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Raoul was very afraid for her. |
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Who, or what,was this strange teacher, |
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this man's voice,her'angel of music'? |
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Then one day there was no Christine. |
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She was not at her home, not at the Opera House, |
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not at their meeting places |
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Raoul looked everywhere and asked everybody. |
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Where was Christine Daaé?But nobody knew. |
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Two days before the Opera House opened again, |
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a letter ar rived for Raoul. |
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It was from Christine. |
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Meet me in an hour at the top of the Opera House, |
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on the tenth floor. |
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The tenth floor of the Opera House was a dangerous place. |
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There were hundreds of ropes going down |
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to the stage below it was a long, long way down. |
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Raoul and Christine sat in a dark corner, |
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and Raoul took Christine's hands. |
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Her face was white and tired. |
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'Listen,Raoul,'she said quiety. |
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'I'm going to tell you everything. |
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But this is our last meeting. |
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I can never see you again.' |
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'No,Christine!'Raoul cried. |
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' I love you, and we-' |
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'Shh! Quietly! Perhaps he can hear us. |
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He's everywhere in the Opera House, Raoul!' |
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'Who?What are you talking about, Christine?' |
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'My angel of music. |
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I couldn't meet you last Saturday |
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because he came for me, and took me away. |
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I was in my dressing room in the Opera House and suddenly, |
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he was there in front of me! |
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I saw the voice for the first time! |
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He wore black evening clothes and a mask over his face. |
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He took me through many secret doors and passages, |
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down,down under the Opera House. |
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There is a lake down there,a big lake; |
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the waters are black and cold. |
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He took me across the lake in a boat to his house. |
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He lives there,Raoul, in a house on the lake, |
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under the Opera House!' |
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Raoul stared at her. |
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Was his beautiful Christine mad? |
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Christine saw his face,and said quickly: |
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'It's true,Raoul,It's true! And he…, |
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he is the Phantom of the Opera! |
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But he's not a ghost,he's not an angel of music, |
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he's a man!His name is Erik,and he loves me, |
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he wants me to be his wife! |
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No,Raoul,listen, there is more. |
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He told me all this in his house, in a beautiful room. |
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He said that no woman could ever love him, |
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because of his face. |
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He was so unhappy! |
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Then he took off his mask, |
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and I saw his face.' |
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She began to cry, |
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and Raoul put his arms around her. |
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'Oh Raoul,he has the most terrible face! |
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It is so ugly! I wanted to scream and run away. |
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But where could I run to? He has the face of a dead man, |
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Raoul,but he is not dead!He has no nose, |
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just two black holes in his yellow face. |
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And his eyes! Sometimes they are black holes, |
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sometimes they have a terrible red light…' |
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She put her face in her hands for a second. |
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Then she said, |
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'I stayed in his house for five days. |
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He was very good to me, |
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and I felt sorry for him, Raoul. |
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He wants me to love him, and I told him…I told him…' |
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'No,Christine,no! |
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You're going to be my wife! |
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Come away with me at once,today! |
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You can't go back to him.' |
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'But I must,' Christine said quietly. |
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'He knows about you,Raoul. |
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He knows about us. |
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He says he's going to kill you. |
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I must go back to him.' |
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'Never!' said Raoul. |
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'I love you,Christine, |
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and I'm going to kill this Erik!' |
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Erik…Erik…Erik…Erik… |
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The word whispered round the Opera House. |
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Raoul and Christine stared. |
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'What was that?' Raoul said, afraid. |
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'Was that… his voice?Where did it come from?' |
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'I'm afraid,Raoul,'Christine whispered. |
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I'm singing Margarita again on Saturday. |
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What's going to happen?' |
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'This,'Raoul said. |
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'After the opera on Saturday night, |
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you and I are going away together. |
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Come on,let's go down now. |
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I don't like it up here.' |
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They went carefully along a dark passage to some stairs, |
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then suddenly stopped. |
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There was a man in front of them, |
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a tall man in a long dark coat and a black hat. |
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He turned and looked at them. |
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'No,not these stairs,'he said. |
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'Go to the stairs at the front. |
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And go quickly!' |
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Christine turned and ran. |
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Raoul ran after her. |
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'Who was that man?' he asked. |
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'It's the Persian,' Christine answered. |
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'But who is he? What's his name? |
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Why did he tell us to go to the front stairs?' |
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'Nobody knows his name.He's just the Persian. |
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He's always in the Opera House. |
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I think he knows about Erik, |
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but he never talks about him. |
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Perhaps he saw Erik on those stairs, |
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and wanted to help us.' |
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Hand in hand,they ran quickly down the stairs, |
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through passages,then more stairs and more passages. |
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At one of the little back doors to the Opera House, |
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they stopped. |
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'On Saturday night,then. |
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After the opera,'Raoul said. |
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'I'm going to take you away, and marry you.' |
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Christine looked up into his face. |
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'Yes,Raoul.' |
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Then they kissed, there by the door of the Opera House. |
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Their first kiss. |