Valerius' flat and received no reply.
His grief increased and he ended by being seriously alarmed at never seeing her name on the program.

FAUST was played without her.
One afternoon he went to the managers' office to ask the reason of Christine's disappearance.

He found them both looking extremely worried.

Their own friends did not recognize them: they had lost all their gaiety and spirits.

They were seen crossing the stage with hanging heads, care-worn brows, pale cheeks, as though pursued by some abominable thought or a prey to some persistent sport of fate.
The fall of the chandelier had involved them in no little responsibility; but it was difficult to make them speak about it.