...I had tried to kill
myself by striking my forehead against the walls."
"Christine!" groaned Raoul; and he began to sob.
"Then he bound me....I am not allowed to die until eleven
o'clock to-morrow evening."
"Mademoiselle," I declared, "the monster bound you...and he
shall unbind you. You have only to play the necessary part!
Remember that he loves you!"
"Alas!" we heard. "Am I likely to forget it!"
"Remember it and smile to him...entreat him...tell him
that your bonds hurt you."
But Christine Daae said:
"Hush!...I hear something in the wall on the lake!...It
is he!...Go away! Go away! Go away!"
"We could not go away, even if we wanted to," I said, as impressively
as I could. "We can not leave this! And we are in the torture-chamber!"
"Hush!" whispered Christine again.
Heavy steps sounded slowly behind the wall, then stopped and made
the floor creak once more. Next came a tremendous sigh, followed by
a cry of horror from Christine, and we heard Erik's voice:
"I beg your pardon for letting you see a face like this!
What a state I am in, am I not? It's THE OTHER ONE'S FAULT!
Why did he ring? Do I ask people who pass to tell me the time?
He will never ask anybody the time again! It is the siren's fault.
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