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CHAPTER 8 WHERE IS CHRISTINE Daaé? |
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On Saturday morning |
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Comte Philippe looked across the breakfast table at his brother. |
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'Don't do it,Raoul,please. |
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All this talk about ghosts and phantoms. |
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I think the girl is mad.' |
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'She's not mad, |
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and I'm going to marry her,'Raoul said. |
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'She's only a little opera singer,' |
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Philippe said unhappily. |
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'And she's very young. |
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Are you still going to love her in ten, |
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or twenty,years' time?' |
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Raoul drank his coffee and did not answer. |
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There were two more unhappy faces in the Opera House,too. |
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The directors now understood about O.G. |
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They didn't want any more accidents. |
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'Box 5 is free tonight for O.G. |
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Daaé is singing Margarita. |
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And here is 20,000 francs. |
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Madame Giry can leave the money in Box 5 for him. |
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Is that everything? |
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Monsieur Armand asked Monsieur Firmin. |
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'It's a lot of money,'Monsieur Firmin said unhappily. |
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He thought for a minute. |
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'What about some flowers in Box 5? |
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Madame Giry says that O.G.likes flowers.' |
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'O.G.can bring his own flowers!' |
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shouted Monsieur Armand. |
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The evening began well. |
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The chandelier was now back in place, with new ropes. |
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All Paris was in the Opera House. |
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Everybody wanted to hear Christine Daaé's voice again. |
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People also knew about the love story between Christine Daaé |
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and the Vicomte de Chagny. |
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There are no love secrets in Paris! |
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People watched the Comte and the Vicomte in Box 14 with interest. |
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Young men from families like de Chagny do not marry opera Singers. |
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When Christine came onto the stage, |
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her face was white and she looked afraid. |
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But she sang like an angel. |
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Ah, what a voice!All Paris was in love with Christine Daaé. |
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She began to sing the famous love song. |
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Suddenly,every light in the Opera House went out. |
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For a second nobody moved or spoke. |
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Then a woman screamed, |
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and all the lights came on again. |
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But Christine Daaé was no longer on the stage! |
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She was not behind the stage, |
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she was not under the stage. |
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Nobody could find her. |
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The Opera House went mad. |
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Everybody ran here and there,shouted and called. |
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In the directors office, people ran in and out. |
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The police came,and asked questions. |
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But nobody could answer the questions. |
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Monsieur Armand got angry and shouted, |
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and Monsieur Firmin told him to be quiet. |
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Then Madame Giry arrived in the office with her daughter Meg. |
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'Go away,woman!'Monsieur Armand shouted. |
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'Monsieur,there are three people missing now!' |
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Madame Giry said.'Meg,tell the directors your story.' |
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This was Meg's story. |
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'When the lights went out, |
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we were just behind the stage. |
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We heard a scream-I thlnk it was Christine Daaé's voice. |
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Then the lights came back on, |
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but Christine wasn't there! |
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we were very afraid, |
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and we began to run back to our dressing room. |
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There were people running everywhere! |
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Then we saw the Vicomte de Chagny. |
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His face was red and he was very angry. |
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"Where's Christine? Where's Christine?"he shouted. |
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Suddenly the Persian came up behind him and took his arm. |
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He said something to the Vicomte |
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and they went into Christine Daaé's dressing-room…' |
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'Yes? And then?' Monsieur Firmin said quickly. |
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'What happened next?' |
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'Nobody knows!' Meg's face was white. |
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'We looked into Christine Daaé's dressing-room, |
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but…but there was nobody there!' |