7/9 .." "The man must be either a villain, or the girl a fool: is that it ?" "Christine!" "Raoul, why do you condemn a man whom you have never seen, whom no one knows and about whom you yourself know nothing ?" "Yes, Christine ... I at least know the name that you thought to keep from me for ever ... The name of your Angel of Music, mademoiselle, is Erik!" Christine at once betrayed herself. She turned as white as a sheet and stammered: "Who told you ?" "You yourself!" "How do you mean ?" "By pitying him the other night, the night of the masked ball. |