Some pretended that it was due to overweening pride; others spoke of her heavenly modesty.

But people on the stage are not so modest as all that; and I think that I shall not be far from the truth if I ascribe her action simply to fear.

Yes, I believe that Christine Daae was frightened by what had happened to her.
I have a letter of Christine's (it forms part of the Persian's collection), relating to this period, which suggests a feeling of absolute dismay: "I don't know myself when I sing," writes the poor child.
She showed herself nowhere; and the Vicomte de Chagny tried in vain to meet her.

He wrote to her, asking to call upon her, but despaired of receiving a reply when, one morning, she sent him the following note: MONSIEUR: I have not forgotten the little boy who went into the sea to rescue my scarf.

I feel that I must write to you to-day, when I am going to Perros, in fulfilment of a sacred duty.