Giry's place. Yes, he would like to see if,
with that woman instead of the old lunatic, Box Five would continue
to astonish the natives?
"By the way," said Moncharmin, "you know that Mother Giry is going
to lodge a complaint against you."
"With whom? The ghost?"
The ghost! Moncharmin had almost forgotten him. However, that mysterious
person did nothing to bring himself to the memory of the managers;
and they were just saying so to each other for the second time,
when the door of the box suddenly opened to admit the startled
stage-manager.
"What's the matter?" they both asked, amazed at seeing him there
at such a time.
"It seems there's a plot got up by Christine Daae's friends
against Carlotta. Carlotta's furious."
"What on earth...?" said Richard, knitting his brows.
But the curtain rose on the kermess scene and Richard made a sign
to the stage-manager to go away. When the two were alone again,
Moncharmin leaned over to Richard:
"Then Daae has friends?" he asked.
"Yes, she has."
"Whom?"
Richard glanced across at a box on the grand tier containing
no one but two men.
"The Comte de Chagny?"
"Yes, he spoke to me in her favor with such warmth that, if I
had not known him to be Sorelli's friend.
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