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Suddenly, a voice made all three of them turn around. "I am in. Raoul was the last to enter. As he was following the others
sorry, gentlemen. Could you tell me where Christine Daae is?" into the room, he heard these words spoken in his ear: "Erik's
The face was so white, so full of pain, that they were seized secrets concern no one except himself!"
with pity. It was Viscount Chagny. He turned and saw a person with dark skin, green eyes, and
After Christine's disappearance, Raoul had rushed onto the wearing a wool cap. The Persian! The man held one finger over
stage and called her name. He ran to her dressing room, calling his lips. The viscount was surprised and speechless. The Persian
her name. Bitter tears burned his eyes as he looked at the clothes disappeared.
which she was supposed to wear that night for their escape. Why
had she refused to leave earlier? Erik took her because he knew
about their planned flight. Raoul thought of the eyes in his Chapter 8 Twenty Thousand Francs and a
bedroom the night before. Why had he not killed him? He went Safety Pin
to the mirror and pushed it, tried to find an opening, but the glass
obeyed no one except Erik. He remembered something about a Earlier on the same day as the disappearance of Christine Daae,
gate opening into the Rue Scribe from the lake, and he ran to the managers had received their second note from the ghost
the street. He could find no way to the lake, so he ran back reminding them that his next monthly payment was due. It read:
inside, where he saw three men and asked them if they knew
Do just as you did last month. It went very well. Put the 20,000
where Christine Daae was.
francs in the envelope and hand it to our excellent Madame Giry.
At that moment another man appeared, and Mercier introduced
Viscount Chagny to him. And with the note was the usual envelope. They only had to
"This is the man you should ask. Let me introduce Monsieur put the bills inside. This was done about a half an hour before the
Mifroid, a police detective." curtain rose on the first act of Faust. Then the managers called
"I am delighted to meet you, Viscount Chagny. Would you Madame Giry, who was back in her job as box-keeper, to their
mind coming with me? .. And where are the managers? .." office. They wanted to ask her some questions.
.
.
Mercier did not answer, but Remy told him that the managers Something mysterious had happened to that first envelope
were locked in their office. with 20,000 francs, and they did not want the same thing to
"Let's go up to the office!" said Mifroid. He headed for the happen again this month. But what had happened? Richard and
office with a growing crowd following behind him. Moncharmin had decided to tell Gabriel and Mercier about
Mercier quickly put a key in Gabriel's hand and whispered, O.G.'s demand for an allowance. After putting the money into an
"This is all going very badly. You had better let Madame Giry envelope and watching Madame Giry take it to the ghost's box,
out." the two managers and Gabriel and Mercier hid themselves and
And Gabriel moved away. watched. They watched the envelope during the performance
"Open in the name of the law!" Mifroid shouted outside the and afterward. But at last they became tired of waiting and
managers' locked door. The door opened and everyone rushed watching, and they went to the ghost's box and opened it. The

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