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XXI Interesting Vicissitudes
IunderstoodallwhenIlearnedthatChristinehadnotyetseenhim!Ihadoccasiontogotothedressing-roomand,rememberingthelessonshehadoncegivenme,IhadnodifficultyindiscoveringthetrickthatmadethewallwiththemirrorswingroundandIascertainedthemeansofhollowbricksandsoon—bywhichhemadehisvoicecarrytoChristineasthoughshehearditclosebesideher.InthiswayalsoIdiscoveredtheroadthatledtothewellandthedungeon—theCommunists’dungeon—andalsothetrap-doorthatenabledEriktogostraighttothecellarsbelowthestage.
Afewdayslater,whatwasnotmyamazementtolearnbymyowneyesandearsthatErikandChristineDaaesaweachotherandtocatchthemonsterstoopingoverthelittlewell,intheCommunists’roadandsprinklingtheforeheadofChristineDaae,whohadfainted.Awhitehorse,thehorseoutofthePROFETA,whichhaddisappearedfromthestablesundertheOpera,wasstandingquietlybesidethem.Ishowedmyself.Itwasterrible.Isawsparksflyfromthoseyelloweyesand,beforeIhadtimetosayaword,Ireceivedablowontheheadthatstunnedme.
WhenIcametomyself,Erik,Christineandthewhitehorsehaddisappeared.Ifeltsurethatthepoorgirlwasaprisonerinthehouseonthelake.Withouthesitation,Iresolvedtoreturntothebank,notwithstandingtheattendantdanger.Fortwenty-fourhours,Ilayinwaitforthemonstertoappear;forIfeltthathemustgoout,drivenbytheneedofobtainingprovisions.
