Призрак Оперы
V The Enchanted Violin
Then,assheseemedtohavenothingmoretodoatPerrosand,infact,wasdoingnothingthere,whydidshenotgobacktoParisatonce?
Raoulwalkedaway,dejectedly,tothegraveyardinwhichthechurchstoodandwasindeedaloneamongthetombs,readingtheinscriptions;but,whenheturnedbehindtheapse,hewassuddenlystruckbythedazzlingnoteoftheflowersthatstraggledoverthewhiteground.Theyweremarvelousredrosesthathadblossomedinthemorning,inthesnow,givingaglimpseoflifeamongthedead,fordeathwasallaroundhim.Italso,liketheflowers,issuedfromtheground,whichhadflungbackanumberofitscorpses.Skeletonsandskullsbythehundredwereheapedagainstthewallofthechurch,heldinpositionbyawirethatleftthewholegruesomestackvisible.Deadmen’sbones,arrangedinrows,likebricks,toformthefirstcourseuponwhichthewallsofthesacristyhadbeenbuilt.Thedoorofthesacristyopenedinthemiddleofthatbonystructure,asisoftenseeninoldBretonchurches.
RaoulsaidaprayerforDaaeandthen,painfullyimpressedbyallthoseeternalsmilesonthemouthsofskulls,heclimbedtheslopeandsatdownontheedgeoftheheathoverlookingthesea.Thewindfellwiththeevening.Raoulwassurroundedbyicydarkness,buthedidnotfeelthecold.Itwashere,heremembered,thatheusedtocomewithlittleChristinetoseetheKorrigansdanceattherisingofthemoon.Hehadneverseenany,thoughhiseyesweregood,whereasChristine,whowasalittleshortsighted,pretendedthatshehadseenmany.
