Christine’s narrative was again interrupted. An echo behind them seemed to repeat the word after her.
“Erik!”
What echo? … They both turned round and saw that night had fallen. Raoul made a movement as though to rise, but Christine kept him beside her.
“Don’t go,” she said. “I want you to know everything here !”
“But why here, Christine? I am afraid of your catching cold.”
“We have nothing to fear except the trapdoors, dear, and here we are miles away from the trapdoors … and I am not allowed to see you outside the theater. This is not the time to annoy him. We must not arouse his suspicion.”
“Christine! Christine! Something tells me that we are wrong to wait till tomorrow