Привид Опери

           "Ishallhideyouinsomeunknowncorneroftheworld,whereHEcannotcometolookforyou.Youwillbesafe;andthenIshallgoaway...asyouhaveswornnevertomarry."

           ChristineseizedRaoul’shandsandsqueezedthemwithincrediblerapture.But,suddenlybecomingalarmedagain,sheturnedawayherhead.

           "Higher!"wasallshesaid."Higherstill!"

           Andshedraggedhimuptowardthesummit.

           Hehadadifficultyinfollowingher.Theyweresoonundertheveryroof,inthemazeoftimber-work.Theyslippedthroughthebuttresses,therafters,thejoists;theyranfrombeamtobeamastheymighthaverunfromtreetotreeinaforest.

           And,despitethecarewhichshetooktolookbehindherateverymoment,shefailedtoseeashadowwhichfollowedherlikeherownshadow,whichstoppedwhenshestopped,whichstartedagainwhenshedidandwhichmadenomorenoisethanawell-conductedshadowshould.AsforRaoul,hesawnothingeither;for,whenhehadChristineinfrontofhim,nothinginterestedhimthathappenedbehind.