By what means indeed but that of music? He knew Christine’s story. After her father’s death, she acquired a distaste of everything in life, including her art. She went through the conservatoire like a poor soulless singing-machine. And, suddenly, she awoke as though through the intervention of a god. The Angel of Music appeared upon the scene! She sang Margarita in Faust and triumphed!⁠ ⁠…

The Angel of Music!⁠ ⁠… For three months the Angel of Music had been giving Christine lessons.⁠ ⁠… Ah, he was a punctual singing-master!⁠ ⁠… And now he was taking her for drives in the Bois!⁠ ⁠…

Raoul’s fingers clutched at his flesh, above his jealous heart. In his inexperience, he now asked himself with terror what game the girl was playing? Up to what point could an opera-singer make a fool of a good-natured young man, quite new to love? O misery!⁠ ⁠…