He was quite reassured
as to the fate of Raoul Chagny and Christine Daae; no one could
have doubted the word of the weeping Erik that night.
The monster resumed his mask and collected his strength to leave
the daroga. He told him that, when he felt his end to be very
near at hand, he would send him, in gratitude for the kindness
which the Persian had once shown him, that which he held dearest
in the world: all Christine Daae's papers, which she had written
for Raoul's benefit and left with Erik, together with a few
objects belonging to her, such as a pair of gloves, a shoe-buckle
and two pocket-handkerchiefs. In reply to the Persian's questions,
Erik told him that the two young people, at soon as they found
themselves free, had resolved to go and look for a priest in some
lonely spot where they could hide their happiness and that,
with this object in view, they had started from "the northern
railway station of the world." Lastly, Erik relied on the Persian,
as soon as he received the promised relics and papers, to inform
the young couple of his death and to advertise it in the EPOQUE.
That was all. The Persian saw Erik to the door of his flat,
and Darius helped him down to the street.
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