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XVIII The Commissary, The Viscount And The Persian
leVicomtedeChagny!SoyoumaintainthatChristineDaaewascarriedoffbyanangel:anangeloftheOpera,nodoubt?"
"Yes,monsieur,byanangeloftheOpera;andIwilltellyouwherehelives...whenwearealone."
"Youareright,monsieur."
Andthecommissaryofpolice,invitingRaoultotakeachair,clearedtheroomofalltherest,exceptingthemanagers.
ThenRaoulspoke:
"M.leCommissaire,theangeliscalledErik,helivesintheOperaandheistheAngelofMusic!"
"TheAngelofMusic!Really!Thatisverycurious!...TheAngelofMusic!"And,turningtothemanagers,M.Mifroidasked,"HaveyouanAngelofMusiconthepremises,gentlemen?"
RichardandMoncharminshooktheirheads,withoutevenspeaking.
"Oh,"saidtheviscount,"thosegentlemenhaveheardoftheOperaghost.Well,IaminapositiontostatethattheOperaghostandtheAngelofMusicareoneandthesameperson;andhisrealnameisErik."
M.MifroidroseandlookedatRaoulattentively.
"Ibegyourpardon,monsieurbutisityourintentiontomakefunofthelaw?And,ifnot,whatisallthisabouttheOperaghost?"
"Isaythatthesegentlemenhaveheardofhim."
"Gentlemen,itappearsthatyouknowtheOperaghost?"
Richardrose,withtheremaininghairsofhismustacheinhishand.
"No,M.Commissary,no,wedonotknowhim,butwewishthatwedid,forthisveryeveninghehasrobbedusoftwenty-thousandfrancs!"
AndRichardturnedaterriblelookonMoncharmin,whichseemedtosay:
"Givemebackthetwenty-thousandfrancs,orI’lltellthewholestory.
