No emperor ever received so fair a gift.

The angels wept tonight.'" Christine carried her hand to her heart, a prey to indescribable emotion.

Her eyes stared before her like a madwoman's.

Raoul was terror-stricken.

But suddenly Christine's eyes moistened and two great tears trickled, like two pearls, down her ivory cheeks.
"Christine!" "Raoul!" The young man tried to take her in his arms, but she escaped and fled in great disorder.
While Christine remained locked in her room, Raoul was at his wit's end what to do.