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[00:02.56]CHAPTER 3 CHRISTINE Daaé
[00:07.54]Monsieur Firmin was right．
[00:10.00]All Paris talked about the new Margarita in Faust,
[00:14.07]the girl with the beautiful voice,the girl with the voice of an angel．
[00:20.18]People loved her.They laughed and cried and called for more．
[00:26.60]Daaé was wonderful,the best singer in the world！
[00:32.39]Behind the stage Meg Giry looked at Annie Sorelli．
[00:37.51]'Christine Daaé never sang like that before．'
[00:41.11]she said to Annie．'Why was she so good tonight？'
[00:46.24]'Perhaps she's got a new music teacher,'Annie said．
[00:52.33]The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time．
[00:56.77]In Box 14,Philippe,the Comte de Chagny,
[01:01.44]turned to his younger brother and smiled．
[01:04.79]'Well, Raoul, what did you think of Daaé tonight？'
[01:09.87]Raoul,the Vicomte de Chagny,
[01:12.76]was twenty－one years old．
[01:15.05]He had blue eyes and black hair,and a wonderful smile．
[01:20.99]The Chagny family was old and rich,
[01:23.95]and many girls in Paris were in love with the young Vicomte．
[01:28.38]But Raoul was not interested in them．
[01:32.42]He smiled back at his brother．
[01:35.79]'What can I say？ Christine is an angel, that's all．
[01:40.91]I'm going to her dressing-room to see her tonight．'
[01:44.77]Philippe laughed．
[01:46.85]He was twenty years older than Raoul,
[01:48.83]and was more like a father than a brother．
[01:51.93]'Ah, I understand,'he said．'You are in love！
[01:58.87]But this is your first night in Paris,
[02:02.04]your first visit to the opera．
[02:04.98]How do you know Christine Daaé？'
[02:09.30]'You remember four years ago,
[02:11.69]when I was on holiday by the sea,in Brittany？'
[02:15.42]Raoul said．'Well, I met Christine there．
[02:20.53]I was in love with her then,
[02:22.79]and I'm still in love with her today！'
[02:27.15]The Comte de Chagny looked at his brother．
[02:30.89]'Mmm, I see,'he said slowly．
[02:35.52]'Well, Raoul, remember she is only an opera singer．
[02:40.28]We know nothing about her family．'
[02:43.84]But Raoul did not listen．
[02:46.77]To him,good families were not important,
[02:50.78]and young men never listen to their older brothers．
[02:56.36]There were many people in Christine Daaé's dressing－room that night．
[03:01.09]But there was a doctor with Christine,
[03:03.95]and her beautiful face Looked white and ill．
[03:07.93]Raoul went quickly across the room and took her hand．
[03:12.52]'Christine！ What's the matter？ Are you ill？'
[03:17.90]He went down on the floor by her chair．
[03:21.50]'Don't you remember me Raoul de Chagny, in Brittany？'
[03:27.66]Christine looked at him,
[03:29.76]and her blue eyes were afraid．
[03:32.85]She took her hand away．
[03:35.80]'No, I don't know you．Please go away．
[03:41.42]I'm not well．'
[03:44.39]Raoul stood up, his face red．
[03:48.00]Before he could speak, the doctor said quickly,
[03:52.02]' Yes, yes, please go away．
[03:55.17]Everybody, please leave the room．
[03:58.25]Mademoiselle Daaé needs to be quiet．
[04:00.79]She is very tired．'
[04:04.19]He moved to the door,
[04:06.03]and soon everybody left the room.
[04:09.40]Christine Daaé was alone in her dressing－room．
[04:13.98]Outside in the passage the young Vicomte was angry and unhappy．
[04:20.52]How could Christine forget him？
[04:23.36]How could she say that to him？
[04:26.81]He waited for some minutes,
[04:28.74]then, very quietly and carefully,
[04:33.15]he went back to the door of her dressing－room．
[04:37.02]But he did not open the door,
[04:39.26]because just then he heard a man's voice in the room!
[04:45.40]'Christine, you must love me！' the voice said．
[04:50.94]Then Raoul heard Christine's voice．
[04:54.42]'How can you talk like that？
[04:56.91]When I sing only for you…？
[05:00.06]Tonight, I gave everything to you, everything．
[05:04.58]And now I'm so tired．'
[05:07.89]Her voice was un happy and afraid．
[05:12.48]'You sang like an angel,' the man's voice said．
[05:18.89]Raoul walked away．So that was the answer！
[05:25.06]Christine Daaé had a lover．
[05:27.57]But why was her voice so unhappy？
[05:31.31]He waited in the shadows near her room．
[05:34.72]He wanted to see her lover-his enemy！
[05:40.48]After about ten minutes Christine came out of her room, alone,
[05:46.51]and walked away down the passage．
[05:49.76]Raoul waited, but no man came out after her．
[05:55.81]There was nobody in the passage,
[05:58.12]so Raoul went quickly up to the door of the dressing－room,
[06:02.52]opened it and went in．
[06:05.75]He closed the door quietly behind him,
[06:09.17]then called out：
[06:11.29]'Where are you？
[06:12.92]I know you're in here！Come out！'
[06:17.20]There was no answer．
[06:19.47]Raoul looked everywhere-under the chairs, behind all the clothes,
[06:26.75]in all the dark corners of the room．
[06:30.49]There was nobody there．