Richard's stifled voice was heard calling to Carlotta: "Well, go on!" No, Carlotta did not go on ...

Bravely, heroically, she started afresh on the fatal line at the end of which the toad had appeared.
An awful silence succeeded the uproar.

Carlotta's voice alone once more filled the resounding house: "I feel without alarm ..." The audience also felt, but not without alarm.

..
"I feel without alarm ...
I feel without alarm--co-ack! With its melody enwind me--co-ack! And all my heart sub--co-ack!" The toad also had started afresh! The house broke into a wild tumult.

The two managers collapsed in their chairs and dared not even turn round; they had not the strength; the ghost was chuckling behind their backs! And, at last, they distinctly heard his voice in their right ears, the impossible voice, the mouthless voice, saying: "SHE IS SINGING TO-NIGHT TO BRING THE CHANDELIER DOWN!" With one accord, they raised their eyes to the ceiling and uttered a terrible cry.