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RAOUL
‘Little Lotte let her mind wander...’CHRISTINE
You remember that, too...RAOUL (continuing)
'...Little Lotte thought: Am I fonder of
dolls...’BOTH
(CHRISTINE joining in)
'...or of goblins,
of shoes...’CHRISTINE
'...or of riddles,
of frocks...’RAOUL
Those picnics in the attic...'...or of chocolates...’
CHRISTINE
Father playing the violin...RAOUL
As we read to each other dark stories of the North...CHRISTINE
‘No- what I love best, Lotte said,
is when I’m asleep in my bed,
and the Angel of Music sings songs in my
head!’BOTH
‘... The Angel of Music sings songs in my
head!’CHRISTINE (turning in her chair to look at him)
Father said, ‘When I'm in heaven, child, I will send the Angel of Music to you’. Well, father is dead, Raoul, and I have been visited by the Angel of Music.
RAOUL
No doubt of it- And now we’ll go to supper!
CHRISTINE
No, Raoul, the Angel of Music is very strict.
RAOUL
I shan’t keep you up late!
CHRISTINE
No, Raoul...
RAOUL
You must change. I must get my hat. Two minutes- Little Lotte.
(He hurries out)
CHRISTINE (calling after him)
Raoul!
(quietly picking up her hand mirror)
Things have changed, Raoul.
(Tremulous music. CHRISTINE hears the PHANTOM’S voice, seemingly from behind her dressing room mirror)PHANTOM’S VOICE
Insolent boy!
This slave
of fashion
basking in your
glory!Ignorant fool!
This brave
young suitor,
sharing in my
triumph!CHRISTINE
(spell-bound)
Angel! I hear you!
Speak-
I listen...
stay by my side,
guide me!Angel, my soul was
weak-
forgive me...
enter at last,
Master!PHANTOM’S VOICE
Flattering child
you shall know me,
see why in shadow
I hide!Look at your face
in the mirror-
I am there
inside!(The figure of the PHANTOM becomes discernible behind the mirror)
CHRISTINE
(ecstatic)
Angel of Music!
Guide
and guardian!
Grant to me your
Glory!Angel of Music!
Hide
no longer!
Come to me, strange
Angel...PHANTOM’S VOICE
I am your Angel...
Come to me: Angel of Music...(CHRISTINE walks towards the glowing, shimmering glass. Meanwhile, RAOUL has returned. He hears the voices and is puzzled. He tries the door. It is locked)
RAOUL
Whose is that voice...?
Who is that in there...?(Inside the room the mirror opens. Behind it, in an inferno of white light, stands the PHANTOM. He reaches forward and takes CHRISTlNE firmly, but not fiercely, by the wrist. His touch is cold, and CHRISTINE gasps)
PHANTOM
I am your Angel of Music...
Come to me: Angel of Music...
(CHRISTINE disappears through the mirror, which closes behind her. The door of the dressing room suddenly unlocks and swings open, and RAOUL enters to find the room empty)
RAOUL
Christine! Angel!
