[The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux]@TWC D-Link bookThe Phantom of the Opera CHAPTER XX In the Cellars of the Opera 27/36
One piece of advice, sir; never go near the lake...
And, above all, shut your ears if you hear the voice singing under the water, the siren's voice!" "But then, what are we here for ?" asked Raoul, in a transport of fever, impatience and rage.
"If you can do nothing for Christine, at least let me die for her!" The Persian tried to calm the young man. "We have only one means of saving Christine Daae, believe me, which is to enter the house unperceived by the monster." "And is there any hope of that, sir ?" "Ah, if I had not that hope, I would not have come to fetch you!" "And how can one enter the house on the lake without crossing the lake ?" "From the third cellar, from which we were so unluckily driven away. We will go back there now ...
I will tell you," said the Persian, with a sudden change in his voice, "I will tell you the exact place, sir: it is between a set piece and a discarded scene from ROI DE LAHORE, exactly at the spot where Joseph Buquet died...
Come, sir, take courage and follow me! And hold your hand at the level of your eyes! ...
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