I promised the Persian to do so as soon as I
had time, and I may as well tell the reader at once that the results
of my investigation were perfectly satisfactory; and I hardly
believed that I should ever discover so many undeniable proofs
of the authenticity of the feats ascribed to the ghost.
The Persian's manuscript, Christine Daae's papers, the statements made
to me by the people who used to work under MM. Richard and Moncharmin,
by little Meg herself (the worthy Madame Giry, I am sorry to say, is no more)
and by Sorelli, who is now living in retirement at Louveciennes:
all the documents relating to the existence of the ghost, which I
propose to deposit in the archives of the Opera, have been checked
and confirmed by a number of important discoveries of which I am
justly proud. I have not been able to find the house on the lake,
Erik having blocked up all the secret entrances.[12] On the other hand,
I have discovered the secret passage of the Communists, the planking
of which is falling to pieces in parts, and also the trap-door
through which Raoul and the Persian penetrated into the cellars
of the opera-house.
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