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[00:02.35]CHAPTER 5 A LETTER FOR RAOUL
[00:08.18]That Wednesday a letter also arrived for the young Vicomte de Chagny．
[00:14.47]He opened the letter, saw the name at the bottom,
[00:18.15]and smiled for the first time that day．
[00:22.41]Dear Raoul
[00:24.25]Of course I remember you!
[00:26.70]How could I forget you?
[00:29.98]Meet me on Thursday at three o'clock in the Tuileries Gardens．
[00:36.41]Don't be angry with me,Raoul,please．
[00:39.66]Christine Daaé
[00:43.06]Raoul put the letter carefully into his pocket. Angry?
[00:48.35]How could he be angry with an angel?
[00:52.74]On Thursday he was in the Tuileries Gardens by two o'clock．
[00:59.25]At ten past three he began to feel unhappy．
[01:04.17]At half past three he wanted to die,
[01:07.39]or to kill somebody．
[01:10.31]And then… she came．
[01:13.96]She ran through the gardens to him,
[01:17.42]and in a second she was in his arms．
[01:22.21]'Oh,Christine!'he said,again and again．
[01:27.38]'Oh, Christine!'They walked through the gardens together
[01:33.69]and talked for a long time．
[01:37.25]They remembered their happy weeks in Brittany,four years ago．
[01:43.43]'But why did you go away,Christine?'
[01:46.79]Raoul asked．'Why didn't you write to me?'
[01:52.16]For a minute or two Christine said nothing．
[01:55.91]Then she said slowly,
[01:59.17]'We were so young, you and I．
[02:04.21]I was just a poor singer from Norway,
[02:07.86]and you…you were the Vicomte de Chagny．
[02:13.00]I knew I could never be your wife．'
[02:16.66]'But I love you,Christine-'
[02:20.01]'No,shh．Listen to me,Raoul,please．
[02:25.04]I went home to Norway,and a year later,
[02:28.89]my father died．
[02:30.93]I was very unhappy
[02:33.48]but I came back to France,to Paris．
[02:37.44]I worked and worked at my singing,
[02:40.30]because I wanted to be an opera singer．
[02:43.79]Not just a good singer,
[02:46.04]but the best opera singer in Paris．'
[02:50.03]'And now you are,' Raoul said．
[02:53.63]He smiled．'All Paris is at your feet．'
[02:59.26]Christine turned her face away and said nothing．
[03:05.25]'Christine,' Raoul said quietly．
[03:09.84]'I want to ask you a question．
[03:13.18]Who was the man in your dressing－room on Tuesday night?
[03:17.16]Tell me,please!'
[03:20.73]Christine stopped and stared at him．
[03:23.78]Her face went white．'What man?' she whispered．
[03:30.84]'There was no man in my dressing－room on Tuesday night．'
[03:35.39]Raoul put his hand on her arm．
[03:38.91]'I heard him,' he said．
[03:42.43]'I listened outside the door and heard a man's voice．
[03:47.63]Who was he?'
[03:50.61]'Don't ask me,Raoul!
[03:53.71]There was a man's voice,yes,
[03:56.45]but there was no man in my room!
[03:59.38]It's true!Oh,Raoul,I'm so afraid．
[04:04.39]Sometimes I want to die．'
[04:08.32]'Who is he? Tell me, Christine,please．
[04:12.88]I'm your friend,I can help you．
[04:16.03]Tell me his name!'
[04:20.39]'I cannot tell you his name．
[04:23.28]It's a secret,' whispered Christine．
[04:28.26]'I never see him, I only hear his voice．
[04:32.92]But he is everywhere!
[04:35.68]He sees everything, hears everything．
[04:39.94]That's why I didn't speak to you on Tuesday night．
[04:43.67]He is my music teacher, Raoul．
[04:46.57]He's a wonderful singer．
[04:49.11]I sang so well on Tuesday night because of him．
[04:53.36]I am famous because of him．
[04:56.27]He is my angel of music!
[04:59.81]And he says he loves me．
[05:02.51]How can I leave him?'