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XII Apollo's Lyre

           Raoul,IwaslyinghalfbackonasaddleandIhadrecognizedthewhitehorseoutofthePROFETA,whichIhadsooftenfedwithsugarandsweets.Irememberedthat,oneevening,therewasarumorinthetheaterthatthehorsehaddisappearedandthatithadbeenstolenbytheOperaghost.Ibelievedinthevoice,buthadneverbelievedintheghost.Now,however,Ibegantowonder,withashiver,whetherIwastheghost’sprisoner.Icalleduponthevoicetohelpme,forIshouldneverhaveimaginedthatthevoiceandtheghostwereone.YouhaveheardabouttheOperaghost,haveyounot,Raoul?"

           "Yes,buttellmewhathappenedwhenyouwereonthewhitehorseoftheProfeta?"

           "Imadenomovementandletmyselfgo.Theblackshapeheldmeup,andImadenoefforttoescape.AcuriousfeelingofpeacefulnesscameovermeandIthoughtthatImustbeundertheinfluenceofsomecordial.Ihadthefullcommandofmysenses;andmyeyesbecameusedtothedarkness,whichwaslit,hereandthere,byfitfulgleams.Icalculatedthatwewereinanarrowcirculargallery,probablyrunningallroundtheOpera,whichisimmense,underground.Ihadoncebeendownintothosecellars,buthadstoppedatthethirdfloor,thoughthereweretwolowerstill,largeenoughtoholdatown.ButthefiguresofwhichIcaughtsighthadmademerunaway.Therearedemonsdownthere,quiteblack,standinginfrontofboilers,andtheywieldshovelsandpitchforksandpokeupfiresandstirupflamesand,ifyoucometoonearthem,theyfrightenyoubysuddenlyopeningtheredmouthsoftheirfurnaces...

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